Dog owners have asked that they be allowed to bring their pets to the beach. This request will have to be denied. If dogs are allowed on the beach, then soon we will have horses and cows. Before long there will be sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens. All that potential food will attract the owners of jaguars, lions, and tigers. In the end, the beach will be a war zone.
A) False dichotomy.
B) Suppressed evidence.
C) Begging the question.
D) Slippery slope.
E) Composition.

Question

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The argument presents a slippery slope fallacy by suggesting that allowing dogs on the beach will lead to a chain of events that ends in the beach becoming a war zone. There is no evidence to suggest that this chain of events would actually happen, making it a fallacy.

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