Week one: the crickets are active and appear healthy. Week two: the crickets are less active‚ but otherwise appear fine. Week three: the crickets are all lying on their backs‚ still breathing‚ but completely paralyzed. Timberline Live Pet Food‚ a company that breeds insects to feed to reptiles all around the world‚ created an advertisement promising virus-free crickets in response to a cricket paralysis virus that nearly wiped out the entire European cricket population ten years ago (“Clean Farm”)
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what animal cruelty is but how much are you truly aware of this harmful abuse? Everyday animals are being beaten‚ neglected‚ and forced to struggle for survival. They are sometimes left in unsanitary conditions with no food or water‚ they have little hope as they live their days without the compassion they deserve. Some are found and rescued given the chance to experience how great life and humans can be; others aren’t so lucky. Animal abuse affects us in many ways: it’s bad for our animals; it
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Pet ownership has grown in popularity. Today‚ over half American households owns a pet. Every year‚ many people face the challenge of what type of pet to adopt. Usually the top two contenders are cats and dogs. When determining what type of pet to adopt‚ there are many factors people need to consider such as: affordability‚ maintenance‚ and self-sufficiency. Although dogs are considered better companions‚ ultimately cats are less expensive‚ low maintenance‚ and more independent than dogs. Probably
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Speech Animal Testing INTRODUCTION Did you know that in 2008 in New Zealand there were more than 341‚000 animals used for research‚ testing and teaching? Animals are being used from all over the world for animal testing that ranges from drugs to our simple everyday shampoo. Almost every medicine‚ or treatment you have ever used has been tested on innocent animals for your benefit. WHAT HAPPENS TO ANIMALS IN ANIMAL TESTING? Every year‚ millions of animals suffer and die in painful tests to
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If It’s Not Broken‚ Don’t Fix It Not just “Americans”‚ but “consumers” – the concept of consumerism has rapidly increased over the past decades in America‚ and has nearly pervaded all areas of life from the professional workplace‚ to the personal home‚ all the way to your child’s classrooms. Even colleges and universities play the role of a corporation by using elaborate techniques and strategies to attract students near and far. The “more more more” mentality does not exclude the educational environment
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The death penalty has faced much opposition lately. Can death penalty possibly be a morally acceptable punishment? Although our country clearly has no absolute right to put its subjects to death‚ capital punishment should be known as an acceptable form of punishment in our society because (a) prisoner parole can give criminals another chance to kill; (b) justice is better served; (c) it saves lives of other people. Prisoner parole can give criminals another chance to kill. Have you ever thought
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Animal Cruelty There are many things that are illegal in this country such as; drugs‚ theft and animal cruelty to name a few. These laws are almost always broken especially animal abuse. For me this is considered one of the worst things that a person can do to an animal because animals can’t defend themselves‚ people just abuse them for the fun of it or it could also be neglect. What can be done to stop such cruelty against animals? What exactly is animal cruelty? According to Stacy Wolf‚ vice
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Should animals be used for research? Isn’t it animal cruelty? To test cosmetics‚ cleaners and other products‚ hundreds of thousands of animals are poisoned‚ blinded and killed every year. In circuses‚ animals are being tortured cruelly. This has been an argumentative issue for a long time. Some argue testing on some animals now will prevent lots of human suffering and save lives in the future. Others say it is unethical and cruel. Still‚ everyone agrees that millions of animals are subjected to
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Are Pit Bulls Good Pets? Did you know that Pit Bulls used to be very popular back then? Pit Bulls used to be a sign of nationalism. Some Pit Bulls were even on signs for World War Two. Which led to Pit Bulls being more popular because every American wanted a Pit Bull. Pit Bulls were the dog that much Americans wanted because they thought if they had that dog other people would see that person as a proud American. So as you can tell Pit Bulls were very popular back then. Next‚ Pit Bulls
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rodeos. 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? Using animals in circuses and
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