Clay Chastain Dr. Hamilton‚ ANTH 2310-1 The Zoo Project: Nonhuman Primate Research 7 November 2006 Background Information In the world‚ a variety of primate species exist. Each species a unique function in the wild and differs‚ sometimes greatly‚ from another primate species. Two species that will be analyzed here are the Wolf’s Guenon (Cercopithecus wolfi)‚ an Old World monkey‚ and the Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)‚ a
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to the textbook racism is when the basis of discrimination involves someone’s perception of race. An instance of racism that has stayed in my mind ever since I read the article The Man in the Zoo in the textbook. A 22-year-old pygmy was enslaved in Africa and bought by an American only to be put in the zoo for display and people to enjoy. It’s extremely unfortunate that this man was put in the same exhibit with an orangutan and had to endure crowds of people that howled and poked him everyday. It
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It was my wife’s birthday‚ and to surprise her‚ I took her to the zoo. Many would wonder why the zoo. My wife is a spontaneous and likes adventure. I knew that this would make her day. Although the zoo seemed vacant; life of the animals kept us entertained. God has created a huge amount of animals and they all serve a purpose in their own special way When we arrived at the zoo‚ it was so quiet anyone could hear a pin drop. As we approached the first exhibit‚ which seemed to be an abandoned house
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Mercury Reader said‚ “ London is one of the world’s top tourist attractions‚ it attracts up to 15 million people each year” (Dearsley 1). London is a tourist attraction located in England which has a variety of places to see and history behind them. London’s attractions that are most visited each year are London Eye‚ Tower of London‚ and the Buckingham Palace. The London Eye is the first place that is most visited each year. There are numerous facts to the London Eye. The London Eye is 443 feet high
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Zoos have played a great part in our society since the very beginning. As our society began expanding it caused great amounts of deforestation and habitat destruction. Over the centuries this process has become more violent than ever before. According to Alina Bradford a live science contributor mentions that we are permanently destructing forest of an estimated 18 million acres per year according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. Bradford claims how deforestation has rapidly
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movie We Bought a Zoo‚ directed by Cameron Crowe‚ Benjamin Mee believes that he can find the solution for everything even though his wife died. In the beginning‚ Benjamin quits his job and he looks for a different house to live in because he wants to start a new life with his kids so they can try to move on from his wife’s death. Benjamin buys a zoo‚ but his son Dylan doesn’t like the zoo and he wants to go back to their original house‚ school‚ and friends. After living in a zoo for some weeks‚ Dylan
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SHOULD ANIMALS BE IN ZOOS * No sense of freedom. * Not natural. * Generally kept only with own species. * Shorten life spans. INTRODUCTION Zoo is short form of zoological park. In zoos‚ people take care of endangered animals and they do scientific researches. However I believe caging animals‚ seizing their freedom and doing heap of heap stuff like circuses‚ people have fun and some people earn money is the main thing happening in zoos. Like everybody else animals love to have
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over America and zoos are the criminal’s behind it! Not too long ago‚ a Tiger was poisoned in a Nevada Zoo. The zookeepers claim they did it for the animals “own good”‚ They claim that it was all just a myth. Another incident‚ in the same Nevada Zoo‚ an animal was not fed and starved to death. Again the zookeepers deny the fact they did it on purpose. According to PETA‚ (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)‚ They finally came out and said‚ “they needed more room in the zoo.” My opinion is
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Ray Bigauskas English 092 October 26‚ 2014 Prison People are fooled into believing that animals in zoos are happy‚ safe and cared for. They have never explained that the cages the animals are being held in are not the same as their natural habitats. As a result children‚ grow up convinced that zoos are identical or even better than natural habitat and that keeping animals in boxes is good. Zoos are basically camps that capture and hold animals against their will. They put animals in isolated and confined cages when they
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might not be in our best interest. Caging theses animals up for zoo can be compared to imprisonment for animals. It makes profits for zoos and aquariums while these wild animals suffer. They take away from these animals being free‚ just so they can entertain humans. Lastly it takes away these the freedom of animals‚ preventing them from being truly what they are‚ and that is wild animals. So these animals shouldn’t be captive to zoos and aquariums. First and foremost‚ for zoo’s‚ keeping these wild
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