Elaura Ligon

ENC 1102
Activity 6
April 6, 2015

Research Question: When discussing animal rights activism, would PETA be

considered an extremist group for animal rights?

Frazier, Kendrick. Science under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing

Pseudoscience. Amherst,
NY: Prometheus, 2009. 196-200. Print.
This source basically agreed with the fact that PETA was considered an
extremist group for animal rights. It discusses their actions in comparison to
other animal rights groups and how their suggestions and opinions on certain
unethical animal practices does not entirely promote the safety and
wellbeing of both animals and humans. This is helpful for my final project
because it gives a general spectrum of how they handle certain situations
and how their actions have been viewed in society. Because of that, its
easier to provide more evidence towards their extremist behavior in order to
form a better solution.

Goodale, Greg, and Jason Edward. Black. Arguments about Animal Ethics.
Lanham, MD:
Lexington, 2010. 108-10. Print.
This segment of text provided a sort of justification for the actions of
PETA during a few of the legal cases that were brought up against them.
Rather than portraying PETA as an extremist group like my paper has
intended, it generally states that they do what they do because its the only
clear option and that no one gets permanently injured when they take action
for the animals. This is helpful for my paper because it gives a different
perspective on the outcome and the effect that PETA has in the animal rights
activist world, and whether calling them an extremist group is entirely
accurate if youve never done or considered doing the things that theyve
done.