34. A Dog-Eat-Dog World

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/04/what_is_in_pet_food_zoo_animals_sick_livestock_dogs_and_cats_from_shelters.single.html

Author of Eating Aliens, Jackson Landers, writes an article on April 19, asking dog owners "Does your pet's food contain dead pets?" Landers begins his article asking his audience a very important question, whether or not people would buy dog food that says, "Fortified with 100 percent natural dog meat!" He continues to say, that's what people are scanning through today, at the groceries without even knowing. Landers then explains how everything that is considered "leftovers" are put into a huge grinder, and then separated into other types of food. He also explains that a very huge amount of animals die from being given medication so they can be cured, but once they die their bodies are also sent to this "grinder." In other words many animals that are in the food, they already had some kind of problem and is now going to other animals. Landers also states that the unwanted death "is a measure of the animal suffering caused by human activity." He then shows some statistics about chicken life and roosters, adding that the more he learns about pet-food, the less significant is cannibalism to him. Landers then says that this system not only cannot guaranty if it is chicken or dachshund, cannot guaranty that your dog is receiving his nutrients correctly. Landers finalizes his article by telling his audience to continue to feed their dogs this food, because that is the only thing they have to eat and they can’t starve. Then he says if you dong like it, adopt a pet, because they are the ones who are thrown inside the grins, so there will be one less dog remain inside the packs.

In this article Landers makes an outrageous and stunning account, telling his audience that their pets are eating other pets. Landers main audience are pet owners, because he is writing in the well being of pets; dogs, cats, etc. His diction is very strong and loud, because you can see his rage and how much he hates the fact that dogs are eating dogs, he even suggests that while learning more about this, his feeling towards cannibalism, is lessoning. Landers makes an ironical "joke" in the end of his article by saying, “Put Lassie on the label, since she's already on the menu anyway." This joke is intended to be a wakeup call for people to realize that this, in reality, is no joke at all and people have to start acting. He ends his article sad yet wanting change, he tells his audience since there is no other resource for pets, and they cannot starve, continue to give them that food, but one day it has to change.