Imagine a pig. Take a moment. Now imagine a dolphin. What do you see? The dolphin – and indeed the whale – has assumed an almost sacred-like status in the West‚ while other animals such as the pig… well‚ have lost out. The Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove‚ which aired Sunday night on ABC1‚ is a masterfully crafted spy-like thriller telling the story of dolphin hunting practices in Taiji‚ Japan. The documentary shows terrible scenes of dolphins being rounded up‚ netted and then slaughtered
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born in a very poor fisherman’s family on 15 October‚ 1931 in Rameshwaram. Though he was a legatee of adversity and poverty yet he was not born to shatter. His father Jainul Abden was a hawker and used to sell newspapers. By dint of his intelligence and diligence he obtained a degree from St. Joseph College of Trichurapalli. Thereafter he obtained a diploma in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. After obtaining
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Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions and they pass no criticism.” So it is no surprise that scholars have long been intrigued by the possibility that animals possess largely untapped therapeutic powers. Most Americans are animal lovers; about 63 percent of U.S. households contain one or more pets‚ according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association. Several‚ but not all‚ studies suggest that those of us who own pets tend to be somewhat happier than those of us
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Paper 4A: Argument Zoos: Animals in Captivity A zoo is a place where animals live in captivity and are put on display for people to view. The word “zoo” is short for “zoological park.” Zoos contain wide varieties of animals that are native to all parts of the Earth. It is an important debate whether animals should be kept in the zoos or not. Some say that it is necessary to capture them in order to protect them from poachers. Regarding all the efforts to kill animals for ivory‚ skins and medical
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and Technical State University. I was able to attend a tour for North Carolina A& T which led me to the open house last October. Throughout the open house I was tremendously excited to be in attendance. While there‚ my father and I had the opportunity to meet the head leader for Animal Science. Her name was Ms. Kishaa James and she was one of the sweetest lady that I had met. She informed me of a program called the research apprentice program‚ RAP for short. I learned that the program was for rising
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Over 100 million animals are injured and killed each year due to the horrible effects of animal testing. Although all animals feel the same emotions as humans‚ such as feeling happy‚ sad‚ scared and even lonely. Scientists see animals other than the daily house house pet simply as mere tools for their experiments. Animals from mice to monkeys have intelligence and deserve to be loved and cared for just as much as an other animal. whether it be a pet or an endangered species. Many processes and procedures
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Lynette Bravo June 13‚ 2013 Animal Poaching Poaching is a very serious epidemic that affects all countries around the world. Animal poaching is the act of illegally capturing and killing animals and using them for trade. They are used for food‚ for clothes‚ wool‚ cosmetics‚ ornaments‚ fat‚ and decorations and even for sport. It is different in every country and affects many species of animals to the point of extinction. Poaching is a crime against endangered species and other wildlife and should
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My favourite book Nowadays a lot of people think that the more people have TV or Internet in their homes‚ the fewer people will buy books. It’s often thought why to read long novels‚ when a play on TV can tell you the same story with colours‚ pictures and actions. But I’m certain‚ that books are still popular‚ becouse it’s a cheaper way‚ than to go to the cinema and also you can keep a book forever and read it many time. My favourite book is written by Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970)‚ German-American
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Julia Foster Mr. Kinney American Culture Honors 14 March 2014 Animal Soldiers “Do you give [a] horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane? Do you make him leap like a locust‚ striking terror with his proud snorting? He pauses fiercely‚ rejoicing in his strength and charges into the fray. He laughs at fear‚ afraid of nothing‚ he does not shy away from the sword. The quiver rattles against his side‚ along with the flashing spear and lance. In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground
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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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