Eliminating Animal Testing
Arlene Ibarra COM 100 May 14, 2013 Professor Parker Persuasive Speech Animal Testing Topic: The inhumane use of animals fore testing.
Specific purpose: To persuade my audience that animal testing should be eliminated.
Central idea: As a citizen of this society, we need to support the elimination of animal testing.
Introduction
Attention getter: Did you know that, “About 20 million animals are experimented on and killed annually, three-fourths for medical purposes and the rest to test various products?” (Andre and Velasquez, 2010)
Credibility material: After thoroughly researching the inhumane use of animals for testing, I found that others needed to be more informed and acknowledge that animal testing needs to be stopped.
Relevance to the audience: Most of us grew up using products like shampoo, conditioner, and household cleaning products. It was brought to my attention that we never considered how using these products could have an impact on animals. Being knowledgeable on this topic will enable you help the cause and raise awareness to others.
Preview of speech: Animal testing is a rising and continuous problem. In this speech I will cover what animal testing is and the reasons it is done, the problem with animal testing; and finally, I will provide you with the alternatives that can be used to avoid animal testing.
Transition: First, I will discuss the specifics on animal testing, and the reasons for which it is done.
Body
I. Animal testing refers to the experimentation on animals.
A. It can be described as procedures that are done on living animals. Many of these procedures involve a great deal of suffering. It has been said that most of the animals that are experimented on are thrown away or re-used in other experiments.
1. According to the Humane Society International (2013) some of
Specific purpose: To persuade my audience that animal testing should be eliminated.
Central idea: As a citizen of this society, we need to support the elimination of animal testing.
Introduction
Attention getter: Did you know that, “About 20 million animals are experimented on and killed annually, three-fourths for medical purposes and the rest to test various products?” (Andre and Velasquez, 2010)
Credibility material: After thoroughly researching the inhumane use of animals for testing, I found that others needed to be more informed and acknowledge that animal testing needs to be stopped.
Relevance to the audience: Most of us grew up using products like shampoo, conditioner, and household cleaning products. It was brought to my attention that we never considered how using these products could have an impact on animals. Being knowledgeable on this topic will enable you help the cause and raise awareness to others.
Preview of speech: Animal testing is a rising and continuous problem. In this speech I will cover what animal testing is and the reasons it is done, the problem with animal testing; and finally, I will provide you with the alternatives that can be used to avoid animal testing.
Transition: First, I will discuss the specifics on animal testing, and the reasons for which it is done.
Body
I. Animal testing refers to the experimentation on animals.
A. It can be described as procedures that are done on living animals. Many of these procedures involve a great deal of suffering. It has been said that most of the animals that are experimented on are thrown away or re-used in other experiments.
1. According to the Humane Society International (2013) some of