McCarthy,+Ashley


 * Initial Proposal**

My Social Action Project topic is to put a stop to animal testing. I know that many animals such as rabbits, mice, cats, dogs, and primates are being used for testing. This testing includes being forced to take different kinds of medications and other products, and most in which are harming them and sometimes resulting in death. The problem is that the poor animals that cannot speak for themselves are being tortured and killed because scientists need to test products to ensure safety for humans. In the future I would like to pursue a career as a veterinarian and this topic is extremely personal to me.

A successful solution to this horrible problem would be to get the lawmakers, well congress to come up with a more useful law on animal testing.I would hope that our executive branch will enforce this law and if caught violating the law the people doing so will be fined and or jailed for a period of time. I would like to possibly see animal testing being abolished for good. I also hope that protesters that support anti-animal testing rights will continue to speak out against this cruel method of testing. (Ashley, this is a big idea solution-think about what is something that you could do to affect a change, even in a small way-how do you go about changing a law and even if you change it will it be enfoced)

My purpose for writing this paper is to alert people about the wrong doings of animal testing. I also hope that through writing this paper the actions of creating and enforcing better laws that make animal testing unlawful.

To successfully complete this paper I need at least five sources. One source has to be a print a book or encyclopedia. I also need four internet sources two being from the school provided databases. Destiny in the Brockton High IRC has a lot of great resources; I will search for books and articles on my topic. On the SIRS database, I will also look for articles on animal testing. Once I have all my sources all my sources, I will have a better understanding and will start to take notes. I need twenty five cards but more than likely I will have more.

Annotated [Working] Bibliography 1.Cohn, By Meredith. "Animal Testing - Alternatives to Animal Testing Gaining Ground - Baltimore Sun." //Featured Articles From The Baltimore Sun//. 26 Aug. 2010. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. . This source gave me thoughts of other means of testing. 2. Gaul, Gilbert M. "In U.S., Few Alternatives To Testing On Animals - Washingtonpost.com." //Washington Post - Politics, National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - Washingtonpost.com//. 12 Apr. 2008. Web. 09 Dec. 2010. . This source talks about laws on animal testing. 3. Guillermo, Kathy. "One Amimal Labortory Closed,1,100 to Go." //SIRS Researcher//. People for the Ethical [|Treatment] of Animals, 27 Sept. 2010. Web. 09 Dec. 2010. . This source tells me the steps to closing a animal [|testing lab]. 4. Steffens, Bradley. //Animal Rights: Distinguishing between Fact and Opinion//. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven, 1989. Print. This source gives in the difference between fact and opinion on animal testing. 5. Tatchell, Peter. "The Long Fight against Animal Testing | Peter Tatchell | Comment Is Free | Guardian.co.uk." //Latest News, Comment and Reviews from the Guardian | Guardian.co.uk//. 23 July 2009. Web. 11 Dec. 2010. . this source gives me information on how long testing has been going on and also info on animal rights. 6. You, By. "Animals Used for Experimentation | PETA.org." //People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): The Animal Rights Organization | PETA.org//. Web. 09 Dec. 2010. . This source provides me with negative effects of animal testing

** SAP Intermediate Proposal ****﻿﻿﻿ ** ** Solution **

My original solution in my initial proposal to this problem would be to get the lawmakers, well congress to come up with a more useful law on animal testing; a law that makes animal testing unlawful. After looking at my research, I think my solution is feasible I found that this solution is really needed. I will need to look up more information on the laws that are already created and also how one goes about getting a bill of law put into place. To get more specific I will focus on the laws on animal testing in MA. I will try and get anti-animal testing followers to protest the laws on animal testing. **Now, my solution and overall thesis for the rest of the project is … ** Because millions of animals who can’t speak for or help themselves are dying from animal testing every year, the federal government should create and enforce laws that make animal testing unlawful. **Audience ** My specific audience for my solution is the congress who will create the new laws, the executive branch that will enforce the laws and anti-animal testing followers. The reason for them being my audience is because anti-animal testing followers well hopefully protest for the laws to be put in place clearly they would want to see a change. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">﻿ **** Research ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Five pieces of research that back my solution: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Some testing that goes on is really unnecessary it’s not even required by law but just goes on. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. The same breakthroughs that have been made through animal testing could have easily been made through non-animal testing. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. Animals feel pain and suffering just as humans. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. Though products are tested on animals to ensure the safety of human products; products that don’t test well may still be put on shelves for humans and they may affect the person poorly. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">5. The federal government and many health charities waste taxpayer’s money on testing.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in;">﻿ The types of sources that gave me the best information were the book, database articles and the PETA. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What I still need to know … ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in;">What kind of laws on animal testing are already put in place? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.25in;">What can be done to improve them? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">﻿ **** Rhetorical Strategies ** //** Strategies: **// **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Cause/effect: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> This will work because I will be able to explain what causes animal testing to go on and what comes of it and how it affects the animal’s lives. I will also be able to show what the effects of putting new laws in place.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Definition of key terms **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: I will define animal testing and what kind of things go on during it.<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This will work to show how there is a need of better laws on animal testing.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Statistics: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> On the number of animals that are either harmed or killed through animal testing. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This will work because once someone has seen the numbers I’m sure they’ll be appalled at the number on animal lives that are lost through animal testing and will want to put a stop to it.