RHETORICAL ANALYSIS:
ANIMAL SHELTER
BY: JAZMINE URIBE-PALAFOX
INTENDED AUDIENCE
ASPCA Website 25 Insane Facts About Animal Shelters
• Inform those who want to know more about
• Everyone who wants to know more information Animal Shelters and what types of animals they
about the amount of animals being put into an receive.
animal shelter and why. Also for those who want
to help continue this line of work.
ETHOS
25 Insane Facts About Animal Shelters
ASPCA Website
• "According to the Animal Humane Society, 80%
• American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
of the cats and dogs euthanized are usually
to Animals (ASPCA- gov. Website)
perfectly healthy, treatable, and adoptable."
LOGOS
25 Insane Facts About Animal Shelters
ASPCA Website • "Animal shelters provide an invaluable service for
• "According to the ASPCA’s National Rehoming countries that utilize them. Without
Survey, pet problems are the most common reason them, societies would have large populations of stray
that owners rehome their pet, accounting for 47% animals roaming the streets, usually malnourished,
of rehomed dogs and 42% of rehomed cats. Pet carrying disease, and potentially dangerous. Plenty of
problems were defined as problematic behaviors, good comes out of having animal shelters. Despite
aggressive behaviors, grew larger than expected, or that, animal shelters still get a bad rap. Usually, a bad
health problems owner couldn’t handle." apple spoils the whole bunch. And, make no mistake,
these bad apples are very bad. From abusive
• Facts mainly about the number of animals in a treatment to poor living conditions, there's a reason
shelter and how many come out of the shelter, and people have mixed feelings about them. So, get your
facts about pet ownership in the US tissues ready! Because I'm Mike with List 25 and here
are 25 Insane Facts About Animal Shelters." - Intro
• From abusive treatment to poor living
conditions, there's a reason people have mixed
feelings about them.
• "One un-spayed female dog and her offspring
can create 67,000 more dogs in just six years."
• "According to the Animal Humane Society, 80%
of the cats and dogs euthanized are usually perfectly
healthy, treatable, and adoptable."
PATHOS
25 Insane Facts About Animal Shelters
ASPCA Website • Usually, a bad apple spoils the whole bunch. And,
make no mistake, these bad apples are very bad.
From abusive treatment to poor living conditions,
• "Each year, approximately 1.5 million shelter there's a reason people have mixed feelings about
animals are euthanized. The number of dogs and them. So, get your tissues ready! Because I'm
cats euthanized in U.S. shelters annually has Mike with List 25 and here are 25 Insane Facts
declined from approximately 2.6 million in 2011. About Animal Shelters."
This decline can be partially explained by an
increase in the percentage of animals adopted and • Without them, societies would have
an increase in the number of stray animals large populations of stray animals roaming the
successfully returned to their owners." streets, usually malnourished, carrying disease,
and potentially dangerous.
• Has a Donate tab for those who would like to
help continue the shelter's job. • "animal shelters experience break-ins. In Macon,
Georgia, a woman was indicted for breaking into
an animal shelter and letting all the dogs loose,
thinking she was helping them. Instead, many of
the dogs attacked each other in a brutal and
bloody melee. Three dogs were killed and many
others had severe emotional trauma afterward."
REFERENCE PAGE
• M. (2018, June 27). 25 INSANE Facts About Animal Shelters. Retrieved July 23, 2018,
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clU2GQqFbDY
• ASPCA. (2018). Pet Statistics. Retrieved July 24, 2018, from https://www.aspca.org/animal-
homelessness/shelter-intake-and-surrender/pet-statistics
