http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/us/their-food-scarce-from-drought-animals-dine-in-town.html?ref=science
Jack Healy
wrote on September 6th about the growing number of animal sightings within city
boundaries. Healy starts out by giving examples of bears looking for food in
campsites and stores. He claims that the cause of this movement toward cities
is the intense drought which has destroyed the main sources of food for the
animals, causing them to look for their food elsewhere. Healy presents more
examples of animals stealing food from fields, kitchens, garbage cans and even
in some cities across the country. Bears are the ones that have been causing
most of the problem, destroying personal property since they need a lot of fuel
for the winter’s hibernation. The government has asked to increase elk hunting
in order to have more food for the others and bears are being euthanized
because of their destruction. Healy says that Hurricane Isaac has helped lessen
the effects of the drought in the southern areas but the problem is still
severe. Healy ends with an example of a man shooing a bear who does it
successfully but the animal just moves on to steal food from another bar,
indicating that the situation of controlling the hungry animals is really
difficult.
The purpose
of the author was to inform his readers about the increase of animals moving
toward cities in search of food and that measures are being taken to lessen the
problem, though it is a slow process. He gives plenty of examples to show that
animals are invading cities more often and shows some statistics to support his
point. He also uses quotes from officials and citizens to ensure the
credibility of his information and also to support the difficulty of the
problem. This use of sayings from other people makes the article more
interesting, avoiding the tediousness of simply saying what was happening.
Healy was successful in informing his readers especially because of the many
examples he presents to describe the situation.
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