benefits of transgenic animals to human can be grouped into areas: 1. Agricultural Applications Transgenesis will allow larger herds with specific traits. a) Breeding Farmers have always used selective breeding to produce animals that exhibit desired traits (e.g.‚ increased milk production‚ high growth rate). Traditional breeding is a time-consuming‚ difficult task. When technology using molecular biology was developed‚ it became possible to develop traits in animals in a shorter time
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Do Animals Have Language? Two sources of evidence supporting the viewpoint that animals have the capacity for language: Many scientists have experimented with animals‚ to prove that they do have the capacity to communicate. For example‚ Beatrice and Allen Gardner trained a chimpanzee named Washoe to use about one hundred and sixty signs‚ including signs for “apple‚” “tickle‚” “flower‚” and “more.” Washoe even learned to combine signs into simple phrasese‚ such as “more fruit” and “gimme flower
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Threw out history there have been animal lovers‚ who would do almost anything to show his or her affection for the animal he or she cares for. In ancient Egypt people treated cats and dogs as if they were gods. They would build sculpture and huge statues to idolize and worship them. Now‚ in modern time‚ we can see some people have a similar action toward there pets. Some of these people who love their pets are willing to give these animals almost anything‚ no mater what it cost them. It has been
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Seeing animals held captive for human amusement was part of life. We never questioned it. While it is assumed that all humans‚ unless they have committed crimes against society‚ deserve freedom‚ we are not used to making that assumption for members of other species. We should ask ourselves why not. What have the animals in a zoo or marine park done to deserve their jail sentences‚ or the elephants in a circus done to deserve lives spent mostly in chains? For thousands of years‚ animals have been
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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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It is easy to believe that as an average Australian‚ animal experimentation has nothing to do with you. But it does. By donating to any medical charity or purchasing certain pharmaceutical products‚ you are helping fund cruel research involving animals. Animal research has now become a multi-billion dollar industry‚ and is practised in private institutions‚ household products‚ cosmetic companies‚ government agencies‚ educational industries and scientific research centres. Most of this research
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Animal farm Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950)‚[1] who used the pen name George Orwell‚ was an English novelist‚ essayist‚ journalist and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose‚ awareness of social injustice‚ opposition to totalitarianism‚ and commitment todemocratic socialism.[2][3]Animal Farm is an allegorical and dystopian novella by George Orwell‚ first published in England on 17 August 1945. According to Orwell‚ the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution
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Power can corrupt anybody who steps up as a leader‚ especially when power is unchecked. In Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ Snowball and Napoleon fight for the top spot as leader‚ but on the way they become corrupted. As the animals discover new things and obtain them the pigs cunningly keep it for themselves. Even do Snowball also became corrupted Napoleon showed cruel force and intimidation to the animals to keep his position. Snowball became corrupt at some point during his time in power‚ but he
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Following is an excerpt from a letter from George Orwell to Dwight Macdonald‚ written in December 1946‚ soon after the publication of Animal Farm in the US. According to the editor of the letters‚ Peter Davison‚ who also supplied the footnotes‚ Macdonald wrote Orwell that anti-Stalinist intellectuals of his acquaintance claimed that the parable of Animal Farm meant that revolution always ended badly for the underdog‚ “hence to hell with it and hail the status quo.” He himself read the book as
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Animal hoarding is an obsession that is growing in victims and recognition throughout the world today. The typical animal hoarder has a serious psychological condition called obsessive compulsive disorder. Animal hoarders also may be suffering from different kinds of addictions‚ delusional disorder‚ attachment disorder‚ dementia‚ and even zoophilia. These people feel they have the responsibility to keep and care for an overabundant amount of animals‚ thinking that they are helping these creatures
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