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    members and partners with one member from each country. Each of these individual entities issue out their own pedigrees and also train their own judges which need to be mutually recognized by all members. This international program aims for optimum breeding standards based on health and physical features that promotes standardized characterizations that fit their breeds and the exchange of dogs and information between all the countries. They also sponsor the World Dog Show. In fact‚ all the working

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    shallow genetic pool and genes of other‚ more resistant breeds out. Breeding dogs to a standard may give them more health issues than what they’d have on their own. For example‚ short bulldogs with their pushed in faces used to look completely different than how they do today. In the 1850s‚ they were taller and looked more like today’s pit bull terrier. Since then‚ they have been bred into the dogs that we know them to be and breeding them to look this way has given them genetic issues‚ like having

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    Banning Pit Bulls

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    Evelyn Watson English 101 Mr. Blake November 8‚ 2009 Banning Pit Bulls All dogs bite. Every single one of them has the potential to turn on their very owner and as studies and news tell it they turn on children‚ strangers and other pets more often than we care to know about. What make makes a dog aggressive to the point they attack innocent victims? Is it their genes and nature‚ their training or perhaps their owners? Some individuals have proposed banning certain breeds that display a propensity

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    Pit Bull Terrier History

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    Putting the myths to rest When the subject of the American Pit Bull Terrier* comes up‚ the issue of nature vs. nurture is always a hot topic. Over the years‚ varying schools of thought have evolved with respect to the dog fighting heritage of the bull breed and their inclination toward aggressive behavior. Before we go any further‚ let ’s get one thing out of the way right off the bat. Throughout history‚ many breeds of dogs were used in dogfighting. The Romans fought dogs in their great arenas

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    Bull Terrier Essay

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    successful fighters‚” DogBreedInfo.com said. In the 1860s‚ James Hinks‚ an English Bull Terrier breeder‚ began breeding the white-colored variety nicknamed the “White Cavalier”. Soon‚ “White Cavaliers” became a craze among nobles‚ and became the ancestors of the modern Bull Terriers we know of today. Meanwhile‚ the colored variety was created during the early 20th century by cross-breeding them with Staffordshire Bull Terriers. The breed soon spread across the United States‚ and it was recognized

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    many other breeds combined into one breed. The term pit bull is used for multiple muscular dogs with short hair. According to source 1‚ pit bulls are more popular than any other breed in America. Some bad things about pit bulls. First people keep breeding them for money which is not ok. Shelters are always full of pit bulls. Pit bulls are most popular with thugs and really bad guys. Elliot says that pit bulls are not the cutest dogs ever. The one last bad thing about pit bulls are that they are not

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    Sex Selective Abortion

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    Running Head: SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION Sex Selective Abortion: The Consequences of a World Full of Men Pavith Devarajan World Issues Ms. Hamilton Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION Abstract A deeply-rooted practice in countries such as India and China‚ the act of sex-selective abortion has existed for centuries without any extraneous intervention from governments or international organizations. However‚ in recent years the practise

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    Racing Greyhounds

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    Racing Greyhound Greyhound racing is one of the popular action sports‚ the sport of racing greyhounds. It started in 1974 in Western Australia‚ controlled by the Canning Greyhound Racing Association. In 1981‚ the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Authority‚ a government appointed committee‚ took over the control of the sport (Racing and Wagering Western Australia‚ 2002). In the race‚ dogs chase after an artificial hare on the track which leads them to the finish line‚ the first to arrive is the

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    Jared Diamond

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    Guns Germs and Steel During the past few history lessons we watched a YouTube documentary on Dr. Jared Diamonds theories. Dr. Jared Diamond is an American author. He works as a professor of geography and physiology‚ and he is most recognized for his book “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel”‚ which he wrote in 1998. The book analyses his own theory on the evolution of society and what he thinks influenced the world to become what it is now in terms of wealth‚ development and culture. Yali‚ who was

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    Pitbull Behavior

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    Ember was a rescue who belonged to the Daniels family. One evening while Tre‚ the son of Mrs. Daniels‚ was taking a bath he had a seizer and started to drown. Ember gained the attention of Mrs. Daniels and led her to the bathroom‚ therefore saving the 10 year old boy’s life. When hearing this story you probably pictured a family dog‚ a Labrador or Cocker Spaniel but Ember was a Pit bull‚ this is just one example of how Pit bulls are very loyal and good pets. Pit bulls behavior is not caused by genes

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