spends $14 billion out of their $31 billion annual budget on animal researching(Humane Society International; Conlee; US National Institutes of Health). Animal testing has become a very controversial topic to discuss. Experimenting on animals is cruel because even though there are alternative ways to test people still believe that testing on the animals is a better way to do things. Acts of cruelty against the animals‚ and the fact that animals are different from humans seem to be big issues in the controversy
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Animal Abuse 1. In some circuses‚ wild and exotic animals are trained through the use of intimidation and physical abuse. Former circus employees have reported seeing animals beaten‚ whipped‚ poked with sharp objects and even burned to force them to learn their routines! 2. Elephants who perform in circuses are often kept in chains for as long as 23 hours a day from the time they are babies. 3. More than 25 million vertebrate animals are used in testing in the United States each year. When invertebrate
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Little noes Song: Lost Boy singer: Ruth B. writer: Ruth B. Side note she’s also a composer. Song translation Lost boy is one of those songs that everyone can connect with‚ but it connects with me because this song has different meanings that speak to me. It can be seen as a kid day dreaming about a better life now. I’m not saying I day dream of a better life‚ but maybe better scenarios for my life. The lyrics say “then one night as I close my eyes I saw a shadow flying high he came to me with the
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David Malouf’s novella Fly Away Peter is a narrative which questions essence. Its content entails many of Jean-Paul Satre’s ideas on existentialism. Firstly that our existence precedes our essence‚ we are born as a "blank canvas" without purpose. This is in contrast to animals whose essence is purely instinctive. The second main idea is the existential life cycle; from perfection to innocence to awareness to dread to acceptance of our fait accompli‚ inevitable death. In a nutshell the moment we are
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Animal Cruelty: Animal Abuse General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To bring awareness to my audience about animal cruelty. Introduction: As humanity has grown‚ there has been an increase in authority and rules and regulations of everyday life. One of these rules is animal cruelty. Animal cruelty simply means cruel unjustified treatment of animals and sometimes pets to unnecessary harm and pain. One principal type of animal cruelty is torture. It is not ethical‚ moral‚ or legal
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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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think that we have got it all figured out only to realize in the final days that we had been living blind. Despite my opinion that life in itself is supernatural I recognize the possibility that there are degrees of paranormal. For example‚ to quote Singer from Lost "hidden powers that no one can explain exist everywhere." There is the supernatural that we see but don’t recognize and then there is the supernatural that hovers about us without our knowledge. Finally‚ there is the inexplicable supernatural
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I believe the Poem‚ The Last Word‚ by Peter Davidson is about the slaughtering of an innocent animal by a novice butcher. The reluctance of the action expressed in the poem makes it obvious that the killer is inexperienced with killing animals because they still have a hard time committing the action. And we are going off of the idea that no man is innocent‚ the one executed would have to be some kind of animal. The animal in the story most likely grew up in captivity and had its spirit broken
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100 million animals are used in animal testing every single year to further the understanding of species and the impact of different modern medicines. There are many organizations that are extremely against the use of these animals in medicine‚ saying that it is “cruel and inhumane”. Compare these 100 million to the 56 billion animals slaughtered for food for humans. Those 100 million almost seem like a small amount‚ don’t they? The animals used in scientific testing have contributed to many life-saving
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Animal Testing: The Destruction of Animals Animal testing‚ also known as animal experimentation‚ is the use of non-human animals in experiments and development project‚ usually to determine toxicity‚ dosing and efficacy of drugs before proceeding to human clinical trials (Biology online). These tests are to examine new products‚ such as vaccines‚ shampoos‚ household products‚ cosmetics‚ foods‚ and personal care products on the animals so they are “safer” for the consumer‚ which never is an absolute
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