Professor Sophie Sills English 240 December 16‚ 2011 Should Animals be used for Research During the past ten years‚ a major controversy over the use of animals in biomedical and behavioral research has arisen. The debate about using animals for medical testing has been ongoing for years. The struggle is usually between animal rights activists and scientist. I believe that animal testing is imperative to the progression of medical cures‚ procedures and drugs. Scientists have been solving medical
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EXERCISE 7 Use of Biometrics in Animal Taxonomy ANSWERS TO STUDY QUESTIONS: 1. Discuss the conflict between the uses of molecular markers against morphological characters in the construction of phylogenetic trees. Molecular phylogenetics predates DNA sequencing by several decades. It is derived from the traditional method for classifying organisms according to their similarities and differences (morphological characters)‚ as first practiced in a comprehensive fashion by Linnaeus in the
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been a major debate regarding animal’s rights. Human beings have been using animals for food‚ shelter‚ safety‚ clothing‚ and more recently for medical research. The main drawback of using animals for all these things is the way we treat them. According to Carl Cohen‚ he believes that animals have no rights and are not a main part of our society. Whereas Tom Regan‚ on the opposite side of the debate believes that animals do have rights and should be an equal part of society. Both arguments are strong
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Animal Rights “What is man without the beast? If the beast were gone‚ man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beast soon happens to man” (Chief Seattle). While much has been done to protect animals‚ it is nowhere near what needs to be done to secure their inhabitance on earth and give them their rights. Animals have nerves so they can feel pain and they do suffer so is it right to put them through that by experimenting on them? Additionally if more of the
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Commitment & Choice November 14‚ 2012 The Rights of Animals When we say that all human beings‚ referring to both men and women‚ whatever their race or sex may be are created equal‚ what is it that we are actually proclaiming? Peter Singer‚ writer of “All Animals are Equal” aims to advocate to us as readers to make the mental switch in respect to our attitudes toward a species other than our own. And by this I am referring to animals. R.G Frey takes on a very different position that he expresses
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Kelley Sagal Indelicato English 1 – Honors 10 Jan 2011 Rescuing Animals From Shelters Rather than Purchasing Them From Pet Stores When you come to the conclusion that you are ready for a new furry friend‚ you also come across many more decisions to make like these: “What type do I want? What should I name it? Should it be a boy or girl?” And the most important‚ “Should I adopt?” The decision to adopt an animal from a shelter is a big one but after considering these facts your mindset will definitely
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attack it’s unsuspecting pray. Tigers are known to be ruthless kings of the wild‚ but have you ever asked yourself if tigers are better off in captivity or if they are better off in the wild? In other words keeping tigers in zoos is a form of animal cruelty. Animal cruelty can be defined as physical abuse‚ mental abuse and the quality or condition of being cruel. Over the years many controversial issues have emerged‚ “In the wild‚ tigers live for approximately 14 to 18 years‚ while in captivity they
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calendar about 700 years ago there are 12 animals‚ which are dominate on the years‚ once in every Twelve years‚ and the year called to the name of those animals that are respectively: rats‚ cow ‚ panther‚ rabbit‚ whale‚ snake‚ horses‚ sheep‚ monkey‚ chicken‚ dog‚ and Pig. For example‚ current year in Iranian calendar is the snake year‚ last year was the whale year‚ and I was born in the horse year. Indeed‚ based on the chines’ zodiac some people believe these animals affect your character according the
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Singer starts out with a metaphor that centers on a woman in South America. The woman sells a child to an adoption agency thinking that the child has a better future there‚ but she soon finds out that the child will die because of her (Singer 60). She decides against returning the money and claiming the child again because she just used the money to purchase a new entertainment system (Singer 60). Singer uses this story for two reasons‚ to tug at those
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Disadvantages of keeping animals in zoos Hello everybody. My partner has just showed us some benefits of zoos. So now‚ I am going to talk about the disadvantages of keeping animals in zoos. There are 3 main points that I want to emphasize: Moral perspective‚ then Abuse and mistreatment‚ and the final is Wrong Information because of their stress behavior First of all is about the animals’ right. Are zoos really better for the animals‚ or just for human? In fact‚ humans are animals too. What if some
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