Organizational method: Topically
Topic : “People Should Adopt Their Pets from a Shelter”
General purpose : To persuade
Specific purpose : To persuade my audience that they should adopt their pet from a shelter
Central idea : Adopting pets from a shelter instead of buying one from a pet store can help to stop pet overpopulation, saves lives, and often cost less.
INTRODUCTION:
I. Meet Nala, the most famous cat on the Instagram with more than 2.8 million followers.
II. Before she became an Internet sensation, Nala was an abandoned rescue cat.
III. She was born into an overly-cat-populated home.
IV. She was about five months old when she was taken away to a local shelter in Los Angeles because her owners who couldn’t …show more content…
When the number of incoming homeless pets far outweighs the number of eligible adopters, shelters have few options.
1. They have to make the heart breaking decision to euthanize less adoptable pets to make room for the never-ending of unwanted animals.
E. The number of euthanized animals could be reduced dramatically if more people adopted pets instead of buying them.
III. Adoption often costs less.
A. A puppy at the pet store could cost you thousands of ringgit but significantly less at the shelter
1. The price of adopting an animal from PAWS can be as low as RM30.
B. Adopting a pet from an animal shelter or rescue group is much less expensive than buying a pet at a pet store or through other sources.
C. In addition, animals from many shelters are already spayed or neutered and vaccinated, which makes the shelter’s fee a bargain.
D. Also, did you know that more than 25% of cats and dogs who enter into shelters are pure breeds?
1. If you’re truly set on a specific purebred cat or dog, there are breed-specific rescues that work to match up the right owner with the perfect purebred pet.
CONCLUSION
I. All animals need a second chance.
II. You are giving them a new life by adopting them.
III. Adopting from a shelter is an act of rescue and