Documentation has proved that PETA has killed more than 36‚000 animals since 1998 (PKA). The organization runs an animal shelter in Virginia‚ in which some years the rate of euthanization exceeds 97 percent (Activist Facts). In an article written by The Huffington Post‚ an ex-employee of PETA describes how the current CEO encourages its employees to kidnap and murder pets‚ then falsify the records that follow. Ingrid Newkirk often authorized PETA employees to steal pets and kill them immediately
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work towards benefitting and helping the homeless population in the United States. Each intervention‚ helps to change the basic needs of one person‚ a group of people‚ or the entire population. The micro‚ mezzo‚ and macro levels of intervention are all working towards the main goal of helping the homeless population in the United States in some way. Whether it be individual psychotherapy‚ placement at shelters‚ or lobbying for new standards in shelters‚ each intervention is helping either one
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selected was “homeless people”. The reason I selected this topic is because everyone for as long as I’ve known are quick to judge and criticize but nobody really asks how that person ended up being homeless. I don’t live in the best neighbored and I see homeless people on a daily basis. People have this wrong opinion about homeless people that I don’t agree with which is the reason I’ve been working on this proposal for the community to help. There are approximately three different homeless people within
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to help homeless and poor people varied greatly with different agenda‚ from religious reason to commercial company. Through this service learning I was able to see homelessness as first hand observer. After explored the websites for the community partners‚ I’m interested in Episcopal Community Services in San Francisco. Episcopal Community Services help homeless people by providing food‚ house‚ learning service‚ medical care and other crucial services to help provide solutions for homeless so that
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Homeless Youth: Demographics‚ causes‚ and the need for occupational therapy Homeless youth are typically described as being persons under the age of 21 that do not have safe housing with a relative or caregiver and have no alternative safe living arrangements (Reeg‚ 2003‚ pg. 55). According to research conducted by the US Department of Justice‚ in 2002 there was an estimated 1.69 million homeless youth in America. The proportion of males and females are quite equal with ages 15-17 comprising the
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Today‚ the problem of homeless people is rather a pressing one‚ and‚ unfortunately‚ is widespread all over the world. The reasons can be quite different: it can be a high rent for the habitation‚ low salary‚ mental disability or the loss of all the members of the family. When people are in such a difficult situation‚ they need to live further somehow and they have no other way out than to live in a small carton and beg for some money. The governments of different countries started different social
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dressed‚ and went to school‚ work‚ or both. Then you came home‚ you had dinner‚ and went to sleep. These are all basic needs that many people in the United States today don’t have. Most people would agree that a day like this is fairly ordinary. Shelter‚ clothes‚ food‚ education‚ and family are all things that we usually take for granted and things that every person deserves. Now imagine your normal‚ everyday‚ routine being taken away from you. All in all you would essentially have my life. I have
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and steal food from local stores and rob people. I got caught robbing one day and I was sent to jail. I got out a few months later and went to my former home in the projects and to my surprise my family had moved away. From that day on I have been homeless and living on the streets. There are various things I must do every day in order to stay alive. I stand on the street corners everyday in hope of getting spare change from someone or for people to just give me food. Other days I do what we
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The Aiken County Animal Shelter has been helping animals for many years now. They do whatever means necessary to provide the highest quality of care for local animals in need. Whether it be rescuing‚ providing shelter and a home‚ or putting them up for adoption‚ the shelter shows these less fortunate dogs and cats as much love and care as they possibly can. The Aiken County Animal Shelter’s mission statement is to improve quality of life for Aiken shelter animals‚ increase pet adoption‚
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During the late 1950s‚ many Americans built bomb shelters. These structures‚ also known as fallout shelters‚ were constructed to protect Americans in the case of a nuclear attack and the fallout that occurs afterwards. Fallout is the radioactive debris that follows a nuclear explosion. If a nuclear attack were to occur‚ the fallout could reach distances miles away from the center of the explosion. At this time‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in the Cold War. The Cold War did
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