Animal Cruelty Analysis

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Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States and many activists have stepped forward in order to acknowledge the problem. Simultaneously Animal Cruelty in factory farms, slaughter houses and other suppliers of meat is being addressed as well as fought. Recently Peta (an organization that stands solely for the ethical treatment of animals) released a billboard along route to a beach in Jacksonville, Florida in a campaign to address both obesity and animal cruelty. The result was an add stating “Save the Whales. Lose the blubber. Go vegetarian.” The words are in bold white and red print in front of a colorful illustration of a beach front. On the far right side of the advertisement is a drawing of a woman’s torso facing the ocean, the …show more content…
(http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/becoming-a-vegetarian) “As a result, they’re likely to have lower total and LDL (bad) cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and lower body mass index (BMI), all of which are associated with longevity and a reduced risk for many chronic diseases” Monique Ryan, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN. The stated claim of Peta’s billboard that; Going vegetarian aid in weight loss, is a valid claim supported by multiple studies. Another reason why being vegetarian helps to maintain a lower weight is because there aren’t any fast food chains that support a vegetarian diet and fast food is notoriously one of the main causes for obesity in the United States. Even celebrities have started to catch on to a trend of choosing vegetarian and vegan lifestyles not only to be healthier but also in attempts to end animal cruelty in slaughter houses which is what Peta exists for. "Trying to hide your thunder thighs and balloon belly is no day at the beach." says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman in response to her reasons for the …show more content…
The add is full of logical fallacies such as a false dilemma since there is no guarantee that being a vegetarian will aid in weight loss and also being an omnivorous meat eater rarely has a direct connection to the death of whales. In fact by cutting animal products out of a diet, it is still very possible to be overweight. The perpetuated prejudice against over-weight peoples and blame placed on them for the death of whales is absurd and has no backed evidence at all, thus addressing that implied claim as a non-sequitur logical

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