New Hypertext Proposal

For our next assignment we were instructed to take a committed standpoint from which we are involved. It took me a while to come up with an idea for this assignment but I eventually settled upon Animal Rights Extremist’s and how their rash and violent actions have slowed progress on Animal Rights Laws and moved the attention away from the animals. As an Animal Lover and member of several animal protection groups I believe there are two conflicts going on between animal lovers and everyone else. First, there are certain groups who fully support the mistreatment of animals and are also in support of animal testing. This is not to say that all people supporting animal testing are animal abusers. There may also be groups who are in support of animal testing but who also support animal rights and laws sustaining their proper care. Although there are many subgroups in the category of non-animal lovers the real conflict is between the extremists and the activists. Animal activists such as organizations like PETA, “worth through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.” There goal is spread awareness of animal mistreatment and ultimately work towards saving the lives of animals. There are thousands of smaller organizations with the same goals as PETA to protect and save animals, however there are some groups that take these goals a little too far.

Animal rights extremists use vandalism, harassment campaigns, arson, and violent assault against researchers and associated people or entities as an end to achieve their means. These groups do not only threaten scientists and organizations but they are also a threat to animal rights groups.

The four stakeholders in this conflict are; the animal activists, the animal extremists, the organizations and scientists who promote safe animal testing, and the farmers, labs, clothing factories, and entertainment industry who abuse animals and ignore information and protests from stopping them. There are many overlaps between the groups, some agreeing on the protection of animals, some agreeing that animals are just another lab experiment, and some who ignore the other groups in belief that their way is right. This hypertext will explore the four major opinions that surround Animal Rights in attempt to help you formulate your own.

For links with more information visit- http://www.animalrightsextremism.org/

http://www.peta.org/