Today there are only about 790 mountain gorillas left in the world. They are the second most severely endangered subspecies of gorilla and can only survive in the wild. Unlike other gorillas that can live in captivity. My goal is to raise awareness of the decline of these magnificent animals. Although dedicated conservation initiatives have taken place since their scientific discovery in 1902‚ the mountain gorillas are still at great risk from malicious human acts and other biological reasons. Factors
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The mountain gorilla was first discovered roaming the Virunga Volcanoes in Rwanda (von Beringe‚ 2002‚ p.9). German Captain Robert von Beringe and his African soldiers stumbled upon two mountain gorillas around the volcanic region on October 17‚ 1902 (von Beringe‚ 2002‚ p.9). Von Beringe captured and killed one of them and sent the body to the Zoological Museum in Berlin‚ Germany. Professor Paul Matschie‚ who worked with the museum‚ identified the gorilla as a new class and named it after its founder:
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This House would ban animal testing In this debate testing should be defined as all testing including‚ medical research‚ cosmetics‚ toxicology‚ and psychology research where animals are used in any part of an experiment. An animal could sensibly be defined as vertebrates. With this exception of cephalopods‚ no invertebrates have any legal standing in any country so far as I am aware‚ and it would be hard to construct a case for any invertebrates having moral rights. The ban should be defined as
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Like a Mountain” by Aldo Leopold he talks about how the like of the mountain‚ wolves‚ and deer interact with each other. While reading the essay‚ I realize that Leopold uses for the mountain is outstanding. I believe it really gets into the idea that humans are incapable of thinking like nature because for most of us our priorities are money and greed. There are many things that nature does that humans cannot simply replicate because humans have not figured out how to think like a mountain. In the
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. Animals Testing Essay - Issues related to animal experimentation are frequently discussed these days‚ particularly in the media. It is often said that animals should not be used in testing because it is cruel and unnecessary. This essay will examine the arguments for and against animal testing. On the one hand‚ the people who support these experiments say that we must do tests on animals. For instance‚ many famous lifesaving drugs were invented in this way‚ and animal experiments may help us to
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The book Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen is about the his experience in China during and after the Cultural Revolution. Chen walks us through what it was like to be a child during the Cultural Revolution and how it felt to be under the rule of Chairman Mao. His accounts are each shocking and strike a chord with the audience. Not only does he talk about Mao’s reign‚ but he discusses life after his death‚ and his own pursuit of education. Three of the Cultural Universals I found in this book were
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9th 2004 Mountain Lions Have Returned: Can We Make Room For Them? By Jacob Kay Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience that mountain lions are in trouble‚ and that we need to address their current situation‚ and help where it is needed. Thesis: Societies are increasingly endangering cougar’s lives as well as their own by continuously infringing more and more on their territory. Intro I. (Attention Getter) On January 8th 2004‚ a female bike rider was attacked by a mountain lion who
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dropping Pyrenees mountains. Reading this short feature will display how taking a trip to the Pyrenees Mountains will be worth your time. Taking an expedition to the amazing Pyrenees Mountains will be an amazing‚ worthwhile‚ and an exhilarant trip because; there’s nothing like the Pyrenees‚ there are many other places to visit around the Mountains‚ also someone may become allure‚ because of a very interesting animal that is named after the Pyrenees and in some ways resembles the mountains. I will cover
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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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Outline the relationship between climate and one or more biomes. (10 marks). One biome which is part of the cold zone of the Earth where the latitude of the sun is from 60-90° is Tundra. Tundra is a treeless‚ level‚ or gently undulating plain characteristic of the Artic and sub-Artic regions characterised by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The polar areas between 60 and 90° latitude receive less heat from solar radiation as the angle of the sun is at a much lower angle towards the ground
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