Opposing viewpoints of two authors Essays - Animal Welfare

Opposing viewpoints of two authors According to the news paper's editorial board, "Few people knew how easy it is to own a wild animal as a pet. Or how potentially tragic " ( 306) . A two year old Florida girl was attacked by a 12 feet long python which was the family's pet. It later got out of its own space and attacked the little girl. According to Zuzana Kukol, "Responsible private ownership of exotic animals should be legal if the animal welfare is taken care of" (307). Terry Thompson was not a responsible owner. He had charges of animal abuse and criminal record. We have no control over insane people. What he did was selfish and insane. The news paper's editorial board is more credible, because it has more examples and viewpoi nts that supported the argument. The audience of the first side are adults who have kids. The reason why they would be against having wild animals as a pet, is because they don't want to risk their kid's life. The audience for the second side are irresponsible middle clas s teenagers, who have little income that want a wild animal for couple of hundred dollars.