I decided to use pathos and logos in my mini project.

My intent was to find a picture of a skinny horse to put as the background of my poster to appeal
to emotion, but I could not find a suitable one, so I used one that would be more likely to appeal
to the emotion of awe in beauty than in sadness.

I used logos by using facts and data to get my point across.

My target audience was people who are trying to protect wild horses and burros in the west, so I
tried to mention the “spirit of the west” and “American freedom” as that is part of their reasoning
as to why they need to be protected. My goal was to make them understand that by protecting
them, they are actually causing more damage because of what the overpopulation of these non -
native animals does to the environment.

If I had more time to complete this project, I would use ethos by quoting people who are part of
the campaign to preserve wild horses and burros in the west, maybe interview someone, and
assert myself as a horse lover which could give me more credibility because it will let the
audience know that I have love and compassion for horses. I would also go into more depth
about HOW we can still have them on public land, we just need to manage the population better,
and give some examples of ways we can do that.

Here are the articles that I pulled facts and arguments from:
https://americanwildhorsecampaign.org/

https://www.doi.gov/ocl/wild-horses-and-burros-0#:~:text=Wild%20Horse%20%26%20Burro%
20Populations&text=The%20BLM%20estimates%20that%20of,AML%20by%20over%2061%2
C000%20animals.

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/fort/science/counting-america-s-wild-horses-and-burros-better-esti
mates-population?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

https://slate.com/technology/2015/12/wild-feral-horses-are-bad-for-the-environment-in-the-west.
html

https://pvtimes.com/news/nye-county-takes-stance-against-use-of-helicopters-for-wild-horse-gat
hers-86322/

http://act.wildhorsepreservation.org/p/dia/action/public/index.sjs?action_KEY=23399

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/features/environment/wild-horses-part-one/