Practical 3

Resource 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_cruelty
Purpose: Information
Reason: Provides factual information.

Resource 2: http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/animal_cruelty.php
Purpose: Advocacy
Reason: This site promotes the protection of animals and the prevention of animal abuse. They campaign for people to support them, through donations and through volunteering.

Resource 3: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/archive/ALL///
Purpose: News
Reason: This site contains the latest news about animal cruelty and animal aid.

Resource 4: http://acnmee.blogspot.com/
Purpose: Personal
Reason: This is a personal blog where the author shares her thoughts on animal cruelty.

Practical 2

Personal Website

• maintained by an individual
• relates to his/her personal interests
• include material on specific subject
• may be part of an organisational page

URL: http://acnmee.blogspot.com/
Description: This is a personal blog where the author shares her thoughts on animal cruelty.

Organisational Website

• a collection of www pages which are created and maintained by a particular organisation
• include company and university sites, sites of professional groups, society or organizations
• contains extensive materials on the subject

URL: http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer
Description: This is the site for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. I hardly need to explain what they do.

I used Google.com to search for the websites, and found them with the keywords "animal cruelty". The results were very relevant already.


Bibliography:

Animal Rights Community Online :: Index - Animal Rights Community Online. (n.d.). Retrieved May 14, 2008, from http://www.animalsuffering.com/forum/.

ASPCA: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. (n.d.). Retrieved May 14, 2008, from http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer/ .

Cruelty to animals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Retrieved May 14, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_cruelty/.

Downing, A. (1999). Animal Abuses. Retrieved May 14, 2008, from http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/animal_cruelty/24830/.

snbg. (2005, July 24). My thoughts on Animal Cruelty. Message posted to http://acnmee.blogspot.com/.

Practical 1

Discussion Forum
URL: http://www.animalsuffering.com/forum/
Description: This forum discusses animal rights strategy and philosophy.

Electronic Journal/Magazine
URL: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/animal_cruelty/24830
Description: This journal points out many of the horrible and bizarre animal cruelty acts that the journalist observed while researching other articles.

WWW Site
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_cruelty
Description: This is a wiki entry on Animal Cruelty that gives information about the laws and governing and practices of animal cruelty in some countries, a theory of why people abuse animals, linking to psychological disorders, film making and terror groups.