03/18/2011 The Value of Pets Pets have value to humans in a variety of ways. Many people keep pets for companionship or pleasure but this value extends much further than this into work assistance‚ mental and physical healing‚ parental fulfillment and education as this essay will demonstrate. Although all pets have a value to humans the majority of research has been centered on dogs‚ and as such‚ we will concentrate on this area. They are part of our lives. While domestic pets are capable of transmitting
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Seeing animals held captive for human amusement was part of life. We never questioned it. While it is assumed that all humans‚ unless they have committed crimes against society‚ deserve freedom‚ we are not used to making that assumption for members of other species. We should ask ourselves why not. What have the animals in a zoo or marine park done to deserve their jail sentences‚ or the elephants in a circus done to deserve lives spent mostly in chains? For thousands of years‚ animals have been
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Wild swans Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China is a memoir of three generations of Chinese women from Imperial China through and beyond the Cultural Revolution. Chang’s grandmother was a warlord’s concubine. Her gently raised mother struggled with hardships in the early days of Mao’s revolution and rose‚ like her husband‚ to a prominent position in the Communist Party before being denounced during the Cultural Revolution. Chang herself marched‚ worked‚ and breathed for Mao until doubt crept in
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with the Pet Dog” tells the story of two unhappy individuals trying to find love in a long lasting affair. Both versions of the story are similar in plot‚ but the different point of view allows readers to view the conflicts and emotions that each character faces‚ instead of just getting one side of the story. Although both stories follow the same plot‚ there are many differences that help readers understand the emotions of the protagonist. Chekhov’s version of “The Lady with the Pet Dog" the
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Did you know that there are over 2.4 million healthy dogs and cats in shelters? Did you also know that one every thirteen seconds are euthanized ("Pet Overpopulation: The Humane Society of the United States")? These animals don’t ask to be brought into this world to be put in a small‚ cold enclosed cage. I personally wouldn’t want to be born into the world to be given up on‚ would you? Too many people don’t understand or even care to understand this sad statistic. In fact‚ humanity is so selfish
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Lana Von Blon April 1st‚ 2013 Spay/Neutering your pets Purpose: The purpose of my speech is to persuade my audience to spay/neuter your pets. I. Introduction A) Attention Getter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLwnkLBhOKs B) Our world today is over populated with stray animals. C) In the U.S.‚ there are an estimated 6–8 million homeless animals entering animal shelters every year. About half of these animals are adopted. Tragically‚ the other half is euthanized. D) Spay/neuter is
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Is it cruel to keep animals in zoos? In my opinion it is very cruel to lock animals in cages because their freedom is taken from them and neither are they able to run around in the wild. Instead they have to be stuck in the cages with little kids chucking rubbish at them at any time of the day. It is all right to put in a zoo endangered animals like the cassowary because the zoo looks after them and gives them food. But if the cassowary was in the wild it would get killed and make it more endangered
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Preservation of wild life Man’s ever increasing needs and greed have led him to intrude indiscriminately into the world of nature. He has not only lost the awe and fear which was a part of nature worship in the early religions‚ but has developed an almost ruthless attitude towards the world of animals. He has felled trees‚ built dams and has disturbed the peaceful seclusion of the forests. With thousands of men working on dam sites and vehicular traffic moving round the clock‚ animals are forced to
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around doing activities and exercises along with social gatherings‚ to keep the mind and motor skills working. While people who work with the residence may use social interaction to fend off loneliness in these facilities‚ it only works for a short while due to residence not having friends and family around as often due to location or age. There are other things that can help the mood of every person that pet therapy can provide. Pet therapy is a great resource for nursing and assisted living facilities
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everywhere. They laugh and smile as they watch the animals at the zoo sleep. What these children do not realize is that these animals are dying on the inside. Animals that live at the zoo are extremely depressed. These animals can suffer severe psychological disorders from being out of their natural environment. But others argue that keeping these animals in captivity will help keep endangered species alive. However‚ the disadvantages of keeping animals in captivity are becoming more and more serious
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