The extinction of animals 1. Top ten of extinct animals More than 99% of all species that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct. The vast majority (over 95%) died out. Today is Endangered Species Day. Check out some of the beautiful creatures that the planet has lost. I. The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus): The flightless bird‚ native to the island of Mauritius‚ in the Indian Ocean. II. The Dinosaurs (all of them): They were gone long before the first human graced the planet. III. Passenger
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I. Definition of Animal Behavior: Any observable thing an animal does a. Covers broad range of activities from involuntary muscle movements to animal intelligence an social behavior b. Why? i. Exploit animals more efficiently 1. Want to domesticate animals 2. Use as food ii. Protect and conserve animals better iii. Academic reasons c. What kinds of questions? iv. Mechanistic: how? v. Evolutionary: Survival
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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: Critical Essay In the era of the Russian Revolution George Orwell wrote the fable known as “Animal Farm” to highlight the events and outcome of the revolution. Orwell symbolises iconic figures during the revolution through the use of farm animals such as pigs‚ cows and donkeys. Throughout the novel Orwell takes us through the story of the animals and how they deal with overtaking the human race‚ food shortages‚ deaths and have to tolerate with the horrors of having a tyrannical leader
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Purpose：to persuade my audience that animal testing should be abandoned. Organizational Pattern: problem solution Introduction I. Attention Getter: 115 million animals are used in laboratory experiments around the world each year‚19.5 million of them are killed and 68 percent of them are dogs are cats‚ that means 13.4 million of dogs and cats put to death each year! II. Credibility Statement: I’m against animal testing since I know it‚ I’ve participate in many anti animal testing activities‚ I’ve read
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of Heart About Animals” that our hearts should be transformed into a bound of compassion for animals and that we should see them with new eyes that envision equality. Although he carries great insights toward his stand‚ many of it is weak and could be easily broken through an argument. Rifkin up raises his view that all animals deserve love and should be comforted‚ but this view alone creates a great discomfort to the hearts of many. Rifkin portrays his view that animals must be given
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ENG101 1p.m. Argumentative Essay We should never abandon the animal once we rear them “We should never abandon the animal once we rear them.” This is the most profound and emotional feeling that I acquired from last summer. One early morning‚ my grandma went to a park to exercise as usual. She met the newborn kitten again which she had been fond of for a few days. Grandma watched the strayed kitten playing with her mother and she found that it was so adorable. She just grabbed the kitten
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Cruelty to Animals – Freelance Writer It has been a worrying trend over the years in Jamaica where animals are extensively abused; these acts occur in instances of starvation‚ negligence‚ improper or no health care and violence towards animals. In addressing the latter first‚ recently I was going home along the prospect main road in Port Antonio and saw three dogs within a 10-chains distance -dead on the roadway seemingly being hit by cars. The JSPCA is a registered charity and was founded
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"More than 100 million animals are poisoned‚ burned‚ crippled‚ and abused in other ways in U.S. labs each year."(#1video) Animal testing became a common method between 200-300 BC‚ these tests were often led by important male figures such as Aristotle. In 1242 Ibn al- Nafis used animals to test blood circulation‚ his theory of human blood circulation was later proven by William Henry many years later. In the 1660’s another scientist‚ Robert Boyle‚ theorized that living beings needed air to live‚ he
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hard work and love for the animals on the farm. When in reality it had been gained on the backs of the animals. All the animals were very sick of hearing how great Napoleon was. They had all been complaining and concocting great stories of rebellions. All the animals‚ except Benjamin never thought about putting these plans into motion. “Don’t you cowards actually want to do something about this?” Benjamin questioned. The animals were silently thinking. “Don’t you want to do it for Boxer?” he asked
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