A Summary of an Article. Arina Evstigneeva
I've chosen an article from the Guardian on the treatment of pets for this assignment. In my opinion, this topic is one of the most urgent today. (here you can read it ttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/25/love-pets-treat-badly-fail-neglect-dog-killed)
I've never understood people who take animals from shelters and then just heartlessly kick them out to live on the street. I agree with the author of the article, Chas Newkey-Burden, that most people talk with such enthusiasm about how they love and care about their animals, but at the same time allow themselves to leave Pets in need of their care and maintenance for 10 hours or more alone at home without a twinge of conscience.
Besides, it is important to note the euthanization of pets. It is understandable when people want to help an animal that is very sick or/and already old enough and alleviate its suffering. But when it comes to the fact that the family moves into a house in which there is no possibility to keep, for example, a dog and so they decide to euthanize her/him then there are no words to describe this act. Moreover, most people think it's an easy process for the animal itself. One woman who has witnessed countless dogs being put down revealed the harder truth: that doomed pets seem to be aware of their fate. It is said 90% of owners refuse to be in the room when he injects them, so the “animal’s last moments are usually them frantically looking around for their owners”.
So I think that this is a very urgent problem now because there are more and more such stories. I agree with Chas Newkey-Burden that everyone says they love their pet but it is interesting how often that is true.
I've never understood people who take animals from shelters and then just heartlessly kick them out to live on the street. I agree with the author of the article, Chas Newkey-Burden, that most people talk with such enthusiasm about how they love and care about their animals, but at the same time allow themselves to leave Pets in need of their care and maintenance for 10 hours or more alone at home without a twinge of conscience.
Besides, it is important to note the euthanization of pets. It is understandable when people want to help an animal that is very sick or/and already old enough and alleviate its suffering. But when it comes to the fact that the family moves into a house in which there is no possibility to keep, for example, a dog and so they decide to euthanize her/him then there are no words to describe this act. Moreover, most people think it's an easy process for the animal itself. One woman who has witnessed countless dogs being put down revealed the harder truth: that doomed pets seem to be aware of their fate. It is said 90% of owners refuse to be in the room when he injects them, so the “animal’s last moments are usually them frantically looking around for their owners”.
So I think that this is a very urgent problem now because there are more and more such stories. I agree with Chas Newkey-Burden that everyone says they love their pet but it is interesting how often that is true.
Arina,
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry what you have written is not a summary but an essay. A summary must contain the main points of the article and should be organised in a different way. Here is a useful explanation of the features of a good summary:
http://blog.writingpower.net/2008/02/16/how-to-write-an-effective-summary/
If I treat your work as an essay, it is rather well-organised except for the concluding paragraph, which should be developed further. It is also logical and helps the reader to understand several aspects of the issue rge essay is devoted to better.
DeleteReferencing: you've included the link to the article but haven't formatted the reference as is common. Check the section of OWL at Purdue to revise this informatopm:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_electronic_sources.html