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    killing animals for fur

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    You have your own skin don’t take theirs! Picture living in horrible conditions your whole life‚ in a cramped cage with no food or water. Then all of a sudden you are dragged out from your cage‚ almost beaten to death then your skin is ripped off as you are taking your last breaths. Your carcass is then thrown into a pile with the rest of your fellow comrades like a piece of garbage. This may sound like a scene from a gory movie‚ but this is something that actually happens on a daily basis. Every

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    Stop Killing the Seals

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    commits it. This cruel act is legal in Canada‚ but in the eyes of many it should be illegal. There are many different organizations such as PETA‚ IFWA‚ and the human society‚ who are trying to save the baby seals and end the killing. Seal clubbing is a nasty act that is killing innocent creatures‚ in an inhumane way and it should be stop. Seal clubbing is an event that takes place in right off of the Atlantic Ocean in Canada. “The hunt usually opens in March in the “Gulf” areas around the Magdalen

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    ACHILLES Achilles is considered the greatest warrior of the Trojan War. He was the son of the sea nymph Thetis and the mortal Peleus‚ king of the Myrmidons of Thessaly. According to the legend when he was a child his mother Thetis held him by the heel and dipped him into the River Styx. This was supposed to make him immortal. Because she held him by the heel‚ this part of his body was not put into the water. He was made invulnerable except for his heel. This is where we get the phrase “Achilles’

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    Tuesday‚ April 23‚ 2013 US Human Rights Report 2012: Bangladesh a Country of enforced disappearances and extra judicial killing! By Bangladesh Media; "I am proud to present the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for the first time as Secretary of State. When I served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee‚ my colleagues and I depended on these reports for an accurate assessment of human rights conditions around the world. I know how valuable they are .. " -Says US Secretary of State‚

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    Mobile Killing Squads

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    Mobile killing squads was one way Hitler killed Jews. A mobile killing squad is a group of men that would go town to town and kill any Jews or undesirables Mobile killing squads acted swiftly they took the Jewish population by surprise the mobile killing squads would go into a town round up all of the Jews and have them hand over all of their valuables and have them remove their clothing then the Jews were

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    Drone Killings (Obama)

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    Dear President Obama‚ I understand that we need to keep our country safe. But I am troubled by actions that the government is taking regarding the deliberate drone aircraft killings. If a war is declared‚ then U.S. actions are subject to international law of war. With respect to domestic law enforcement‚ the United States constitution circumscribes government action. Without a war‚ technically neither of these law codes apply. Or‚ because we declared war in Afghanistan on al-Qaeda‚ we declared

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    Honor Killing in India

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    Honor killing in India An honor killing or honour killing (also called a customary killing) is the murder of a member of a family or social group by other members‚ due to the belief of the perpetrators (and potentially the wider community) that the victim has brought dishonour upon the family or community. Honour killings are directed mostly against women and girls. The perceived dishonor is normally the result of one of the following behaviors‚ or the suspicion of such behaviors: a. dressing

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    Larger-Than-Life Heroes: Achilles and Odysseus What are the main characteristics of a larger-than-life epic hero? An epic hero is a brave and powerful warrior who is motivated to fight both internal and external conflicts to achieve glory and ranks above a normal man. In Homer’s epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey‚ Achilles and Odysseus are the well-known heroes. Achilles fights Hektor outside the walls of Troy because Hektor killed his best friend‚ Patroclus. After fighting in the Trojan

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    The 2016 Florida Statute 782 states that‚ the unlawful killing of another human being is defined as the term homicide. Though the definition often gets confused with the concept of murder‚ there are actually 3 types of homicide; Justifiable homicide‚ Excusable homicide and Criminal homicide. Each of the 3 are defined differently regarding the circumstances‚ however they are yet one in the same due to the result ending another person’s life. According to the Florida Statues‚ an Excusable homicide

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    Killing Sea Quotes

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    In the book The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis Sarah and Peter have different point of views on pets. In the beginning‚On page 27 “Let me get surf cat .” From the quote‚ the reader is told that Sarah has a different view on surf cat because Sarah doesn’t like animals like Peter does and Sarah treats surf cat like when something happens Peter has to make sure that surf cat is safe and if he is not than Peter gets him and Sarah is all like who cares let go save mom. In the book‚”Surf cat jumped from

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