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    Wild Life

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    INTRODUCTION The wild life laws have a long history and is the culminative result of an increasing awareness of the compelling need to restore the catastrophic ecological imbalances introduced by the depridations inflicted on nature by human being. The earliest codified law can be traced to 3rd Centuary B.C. when Ashoka‚ the King of Maghadha‚ enacted a law in the matter of preservation of wild life and environment. But‚ the first codified law in India which heralded the era of laws for the wild life and

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    Call of the wild

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    Name: Instructor: Course: Date: A Problem of Nature in The Call of the Wild by Gary Snyder The poem Call of the Wild by Gary Snyder represents an ecological view on relationship between nature and Western civilization‚ as well as on peace and war. The image of the West in this poem is characterized by repression‚ ignorance‚ and violence. It ruins both wild nature with its forests and animals‚ and civilized human ’nature’. Thus‚ the term nature itself appears to be problematic. I argue that Snyder

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    wild animals

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    People have been enchanted by the idea that even the wildest animals can befriend the right person. In reality‚ keeping a wild animal as a pet often has disastrous results for the animals and the people‚ yet wild and exotic animals continue to be imported into the US and sold to incompetent owners. While the opposition will argue that exotic pet ownership can provide safe and fulfilling environments for the animals. pet ownership should be banned because home captivity is unhealthy for the animals

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    Zach Maes English 2 8-30-2011 Call of the Wild 1. Some readers see the hardships and suffering of the dogs in the sled team as symbolic of workers in a Capitalistic system. Identify and explain these similarities. “He had killed man‚ the noblest game of all‚ and he had killed in the face of the law‚ of club and fang” (ch. 7) Capitalism is an economic system in which the workers only

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    The Call of the Wild

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    This excerpt is taken from a novel „The Call of The Wild” by Jack London‚ published in 1903. In the given passage Buck‚ the main character of the story‚ experiences the visions about a sauvage ’hairy man’ and starts to hear the call of the wild. His longing for wilderness becomes irresistible‚ which he finds confusing and at the same time fascinating. Buck manifests his will to understand the origins of the call in orderto establish his real identity. In this commentory I will focus on the question

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    Wild Geese

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    Many believe by learning from the past‚ to move forward to the future. Mary Oliver’s poem‚ “Wild Geese‚” motivates individuals to join their past with the future in order to bring out the best in themselves. “Wild Geese” first appeared in Oliver’s Dream Work‚ published in 1986. This poem is one out of forty-five poems in Dream Work that encourages self-awareness. She explores the association between nature and the human mind—how the mind transcends through memories‚ separating us from society. She

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    The difference between life and death can be listening to the opinions of friends and family. This is portrayed in Into the Wild‚ written by Jon Krakauer and Grizzly Man‚ directed by Werner Herzog. In Walden‚ written by Henry David Thoreau‚ he did not die but his time spent at Walden was time wasted. Depending on the situation‚ it can be vital to take others’ opinions of our actions into consideration when making our own decisions. However‚ in other situations‚ the opposite can occur where it is

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    River‚ once found tens of thousands of people flocked to Alaska to try a strike it rich. The primary mode of transportation in Alaska were sled dogs‚ these dogs were able to run up to 40 miles a day on just a few hours of sleep. The novel “Call of the Wild” is the harrowing tale of a dog plucked from his home and thrust into the deadly Alaskan Yukon‚ forced to either become a sled dog and carve out his own niche‚ or be trampled and killed by the Alaskan wilderness. Author Jack London uses actual customs

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    Wild Sunflower

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    the Philippines are considered as weeds. One of which is the Tithonia diversifolia that is commonly known as Wild Sunflower. While it is considered as wild plant‚ it is also recognized for its significant uses in poultry‚ agricultural industry and pesticide industry and medicine. The uses and significance of wild sunflower in the Philippines are yet to be introduced and popularized. Wild sunflower‚ a shrub‚ can be spotted by the roadside. Aside from the nutritional components that can be obtained

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    Wild Life

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    Contents Introduction General Precautions Wildlife Diseases of Public Health Concern Directly Transmitted Diseases Rabies Hantavirus Trichinosis Mosquito-borne Diseases Protozoa Helminthiasis Virus Tick-borne Diseases Colorado Tick Fever Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Tick-borne Typhus) Lyme Disease Tularemia Relapsing Fever Other Tick-borne Diseases Flea-borne Diseases Plague Murine Typhus Fever Commensal Rodent-borne Diseases Rat-bite Fever Leptospirosis (Weil’s

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