Modern zoos all over the world have been trying to shift their focus from pure profit and entertainment to things like conservation‚ science‚ education‚ and recreation‚ which can be ethically justified as long as they guarantee the welfare of their animals. They engage in research‚ preserve biodiversity (genetic and species) that may be threatened or at times even extinct in the wild‚ and they provide much needed funding for research and conservation projects across the world. Only a number of zoos
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Today I said good bye to my constant companion and devoted Labrador‚ Shiloh. He slept by my side for the last 11 years. By best guesstimates‚ we believed he was approximately 16 years old. He was a character and made an impression upon everyone who met him. He was your typical Lab in many aspects but he was also not your typical Lab in many aspects. He was a jackass and sometimes an asshole. When you looked up Alpha Male in the dictionary - there was a picture of him. Everyone in my pack knew he
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There is a story behind every person; there is a reason of why they are who they are. Struggles‚ mistakes‚ and faith shape people into who they become. The most important thing is that they keep fighting through their struggles‚ learn from their mistakes‚ and hold on to that faith to never give up. Marcos Perez has experienced several struggles first hand‚ he has also made several mistakes in his life‚ but he keeps going. It was not until he truly came of age‚ and had a growth in responsibility‚
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Armenians were second class citizens in Turkey. As citizens‚ several legal restrictions that denied many rights that were supposed to be given to them. The Armenians could not have any security when it came to their lives nor their property. Along with the unfair treatment‚ the Armenians were required to pay discriminatory taxes to the government in which they were denied to participate in. The Ottoman Empire caused an immense amount economic and political problems. The government figured that if
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The Black Death is one of the most notorious pandemics known to date. Spreading throughout Central Asia and Europe in only a few years‚ around 75 million people fell victim to the plague Scientists discovered that the bacterium to blame was called Yersinia pestis. Yersinia originated from one of its founders – Swiss microbiologist Alexandre-Émile-John Yersin‚ and pestis being Latin for plague or pestilence. How it Spread At the time of the Black Death‚ it was unknown what the cause of the plague
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What’s a tornado you might ask? Well sit back and let me lay it down… A tornado is violently spinning air in rotation that extends at the base of a thunderstorm. Its narrow at the ground bottom and it gets thicker at the top. Wind current is invisible so you can imagine it would be kind of hard to see a tornado unless‚ this tornado forms condensation funnels made up of water droplets or dust or debris. The tornado is the most violent of all atmospheric storms. Tornados are capable of tremendous
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Bullying There was this kid named Ricky that hated bob for so many reasons‚ because he is jealous of what he has. Bob is the popular kid and Ricky wants to be just like him. The day after the football game they got into this big argument and bob didn’t want to fight because he didn’t want to get kicked out of sports. Ricky knew if bob fought that he would get kicked out of sports. The kept arguing and finally bob left to go somewhere else in the field
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In the article Malala The Powerful talk about how see fought through her horrible life. A 15 year old girl stood up to the deadliest group . Malala Yousafzai was on a school bus waiting to get home. When suddenly two gunmen appeared. Malala didn’t know that they were there. Read to find out what happened to Malala and her life in Swat valley in Mingora.The taliban responded with tremendous and violations they blew up government building and murder police officers. How this historical background
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Acid Maltase Deficiency: It is an autosomal recessive disorder‚ in which the defect is in the gene for the acid maltase enzyme‚ which leads to accumulation of glycogen stored in muscles. Glycogen build up‚ weakens the muscles of a patient suffering from this disorder. This may affect respiratory muscles resulting in respiratory failure. It is also known as the Pompe Disease. Although‚ in childhood and adolescence the symptoms show slow progress and are less severe‚ infantile forms cause death within
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Zack’s Story BEEP! BEEP! Zack’s alarm goes off every morning at five o’clock. He lives in an apartment with his friend since college and roommate‚ Jason‚ who doesn’t workout in the morning. Jason stays up late and attends parties. Zack goes to bed at nine o’clock at night. Zack walks and runs at Highwater Trail for an hour a day. After Zack finishes his morning workout‚ he eats a toast with scrambled eggs and drinks soy milk. After breakfast‚ Zack gets prepared for work. Zack works as a dental
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