Jeremy Rifkin writes a both moving and informative article about a very important question that many people may have, can animals experience some of the same emotions that we as humans do?
In this article Rifkin does a great job at providing readers with plenty of evidence to support his claim such as facts, examples, and statistics. One of the many facts Rifkin provides us with is, “Studies on pigs’ social behavior…have found that they crave affection and are easily depressed if isolated or denied playtime with each other.” This provides some awareness to the people and show them that pigs along with other animals can have feelings. Such as elephants, whom after the death of one of their family members will stay by their side and mourn their death (Rifkin). Even more impressive is an experiment that was conducted on two birds, Betty and Abel, Betty “ fashioned a hook out of the wire nine out of 10 times.” This experiment proves that like humans, Betty, has exceptional cognitive abilities.
Rifkin not only includes a lot of great and credible information in his text but he also was very selective in the evidence he picked to include in his text. He only used evidence that shows to a great extent how animals can experience the same emotions and feelings as humans. These strategies are very effective because it opens the eyes of the public to hopefully call them to action in doing something about the way animals are being treated.
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