Read this passage from a rhetorical text that claims
cities should ban the raising of chickens in urban
settings.
To support the claim that cities should ban the raising of
backyard chickens, the writer
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Raising backyard chickens puts people and the food
supply at unnecessary risk. For example, in 2017 the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified
1,120 cases of salmonella linked to backyard poultry
farming. Indeed, hundreds of outbreaks of salmonella
every year are associated with backyard poultry.
Backyard birds can also spread diseases that affect
commercial poultry, such as the outbreak of Newcastle
disease in 2002 in California that led to commercial
operators having to euthanize more than 3 million birds.
Why take such risks just so some urban residents can
follow a fad?
O gives examples of unsuccessful poultry operations
both large and small.
0 points out the moral implications of large-scale
commercial poultry farming.
O provides facts and data to show how the practice
can harm the community.
O questions the readers' understanding of the risks of
urban farming