Summary Of Primates And Person Ed Yong

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Summary Response for ¨Of Primates and Personhood¨ In the article, Of Primates and Person , Ed Yong illustrates the rights for animals and how far scientists should be allowed to do research with them. In order to persuade his audience of protecting the animals with care and respect as humans teach children to do so with other things. Yong develops his claim by first appealing to our emotions he says , “Other countries ... have taken steps to protect great apes (3)”. He makes his audience feel ashamed that the audience is not doing nothing about it. As well Yong uses logic to make us comprehend his argument, he says “ Far from harming apes, such research could...the chimpanzees (13)”. His purpose is to make us feel that the animals deserve