Conniff's Argument Analysis

Mark Zepezauer’s article, “MK-Ultra from the Book the CIAs Greatest Hits” discusses the psychology experiment conducted by the CIA, MK-Ultra. The MK-ultra conducted a study that used mind control on their participants. Zepezauer recounts the events of the CIA tries to defend their stance by claiming they used the method in response to the brainwashing from the Chinese that was happening in the fifties. He says that mind control practices took place prior to 1953, but became popular after the experiment. He continues to explain how the CIA would use drugs, including LSD, and test them on their patients that were unaware of what tests were upon them. Zepezauer reveals that multiple suicides also took place in response to the given substances. He deliberated how the CIA rented out apartments and used prostitutes in their study. They used them to slip the drugs into their client’s pockets and the CIA would look through one-way mirrors to see the client’s response. Once the auditors discovered this, the MK-Ultra shut down and renamed the MKSEARCH. Mark Zepezauer

A major threat to the swift parrot population is the loss of habitat through habitat clearing. This habitat loss is caused specifically by the loss and alteration of foraging and nesting habitat through forestry activities, including firewood harvesting, and residential, industrial and agricultural development.The clearing of foraging and nesting habitat has been extensive for the past few years, which has overall reduced the available habitat for nesting and foraging for the Swift Parrot.

“He notes that in a case presenting facts more favorable to the complaining plaintiff than

I believe that the argument put forth by Daniel Engster is valid, but not sound. There is one potential flaw with P5, and one with the derivation of P4 from P1-3.

Native bird species will be forced to fly further north during migrating season, causing problems with repopulating.3

Sub-arguments are: (1) Outdoor cats cause a decline in wildlife. (2) T.N.R. is an ineffective treatment. (3) Outdoor cats are a threat to human health.

3. What are the threats to this creature's existence? (For example, is loss of habitat due to human encroachment a cause of its declining numbers? Does pollution harm this creature? Is the creature being hunted to extinction?)

In my opinion, I think Zaroff is incorrect. I think this because if humans can’t get killed without being arrested then neither should he. If he made that his own country then he could kill all the people he wanted and I wouldn’t care at all if he makes it his law. He could do what he wanted. Unfortunately he isn’t so it’s very, very wrong.

In this essay I will talk about why exotic animals belong in their natural habitat, why they should not be allowed to be kept as pets, and finally talk about some of the diseases they may carry and the dangers it can cause to humans.

The Okanagan has a higher local bird species richness due to the fact that it’s arid and has a low elevation area in the interior. Vancouver on the other hand is highly urbanized which has a negative effect on the richness of bird species due to the lack of area that the birds can inhabit. These statements are supported by graphs which shows that the developed city of Vancouver (A, Fig. 1) has very little area for different bird species to be able to inhabit since most of the region is urbanized. However, the Okanagan is able to support a much larger species richness since it is more rural (E, Fig. 1). The Okanagan has higher evenness in it’s rank abundance curve and has a higher species richness than Vancouver. The Vancouver rank abundance

Results from a nationally conducted survey show that ninety-six percent of Americans agree that society carries the obligation of caring for and protecting animal companions (“Dollars and Sense” 2). This public outcry for better pet treatment applies to Ohioans as well; the movement’s increasing popularity brings up the question of whether or not shelters in Ohio should adopt a no-kill policy or stand by the old euthanasia philosophy. Supporters of kill shelters complain that the alternative overwhelmingly relies on external funds and volunteers and could become overpopulated with pets. In contrast, proponents of the no-kill policy argue that it is more humane than its opponent, employing methods such as neutering,. foster care, and adoption

(6). The National Audubon Society found that the number of various kinds of the birds decreased.1

Thesis/Preview: Today, I will discuss three types of cats based on their shelters or living conditions: the pet cat, the feral cat, and the pseudo-wildcat.

One of the most debated arguments to this day would have to be that cats are better than dogs. Did you know that more people own cats than dogs? In the US, 95.6 Million people own cats compared to the 83.3 million who own dogs. This speech will state why cats are smarter, cleaner, easier to look after and are also beneficial for your health, such as lowering your blood pressure and lowering your cholesterol.

As a result of the many people ho currently live in apartments and cannot adopt domestic pets more and more are straying and ending up in animal shelters. For this reason, many owners of domestic cats have been wondering whether or not the should keep thier pets permanetly inside. It is evident that cats are a significant threat to native Australian wildlife. Cats are also safer and healthier when not allowed to roam and when cats are allowed to stray, domestic cats boost the feral population.