Analyzing Jeremy Rifkin's Article 'A Change Of Heart About Animals'

Letter to the Editor Jeremy Rifkin 's article, “A Change of Heart About Animals” argues that animals are more like humans than we imagine and as a result should be treated with the care that they deserve. Rifkin develops and supports his argument using facts about the animals and these facts end up touching hearts. In order for Rifkin to get his point across he uses a smart technique by using pathos and plays with the emotions of his audience. Rifkin loves animals and his passion and love evokes emotions that the audience can feel. Animals can feel and have emotions similar to ours. in agreement with Rifkin, I argue that it is wrong and inhumane to kill or abuse animals because they feel, they deserve to have space and should be valued as much as humans are It is wrong no animal should be killed due to abuse or testing, it is wrong and inhumane. In the latest news on animal cruelty, Sea World received publicity that
India has banned the import of animal tested cosmetics the ban comes in the form of Rule 135-B that states, "Prohibition of import of cosmetics tested on animals. - No cosmetic that has been tested on animals after the commencement of Drugs and Cosmetics (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2014 shall be imported into the country"(India). I don 't believe that people would want to be used for testing new products to see what type of allergies or adverse effects these new products could cause, nor would they want their family members to be tested against their will. So why is it okay for animals to be tested on? I feel animals should have rights too and do not deserve to be treated bad. One commercial I cannot watch is the one about dogs and animals in the pound that were saved. First of all the commercial starts with music that reaches my emotions and it makes me think of ways to help prevent the import of these