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    T he existence and the moral value surrounding the operation of zoos are still a hotly debated topic today. There are some people or organisations which support zoos for their role in animal conservation as well as pointing out its educational values to the public. Some others argue that zoos were unethical, or downright cruel and torturous to animals. Each side mutually defend themselves and claims that they are putting these animals first. A widely-believed argument is that zoos forced animals

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    ‘The Fast Food Nation’ by Eric Schlosser was published in January 17th, 2001. Eric Schlosser is an American journalist and is well known as an author who uses investigative journalism in most of his books. For his book, The Fast Food Nation also he has used the same. What is visible through this book is that extensive research has been done to write it. Fast food restaurants are something that everyone is attracted to in the modern times as they want to avoid the tedious work of cooking at home

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    'The ethics of animal tests: inside the lab where marmosets are given Parkinson’s’ by Robin McKie examines the situation of marmosets who are subjected to testing and experiments. McKie uses several literary techniques such as statistics, case studies and emotive language in his article to not only communicate the cruel and unjustifiable nature of animal testing, but also the necessity we humans have for it; while experimenting on animals can be considered immoral, it’s still a much better alternative

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    “I like living in my head because in there, everyone is kind and innocent. Once you start integrating yourself into the world, you realize that people are nasty, mean creatures. They're worse than zombies. People try to crush your soul and destroy your happiness, but zombies just want to have a little nibble of your brain.” (J. Cornell Michel). Whether it’s a setting of World War Z or The Road, it’s you against the world. Just like a sports team in the playoffs the goal is to survive and advance

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    You need to do something! Do not think somebody else will do something about it, take matters into your own hands. If something is not going the way you want it to then you need to stand up and you need to make a change. Evil is all around and to keep evil from controlling the world we need to do something to about it. In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell we see multiple examples about how if we do nothing evil will always win. For example at the Manor farm the animals want more freedom

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    On a typical evening, you are in your car driving home after a long work day when the thought of the prescription you have been neglecting to pick up pops into your head. You make a sharp turn off the highway into the Walgreens parking lot. Passing through those automatic doors, your eyes land upon the never-ending shelves loaded with beauty products. Wandering through the aisles on your way to the pharmacy, mascara, eyeliner, face wash, and various other beauty products make their way into your

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    While I only worked with the adoptable dogs and cats at the animal shelter, there were still risks. As long as the dogs and cats had no history of aggression, they were put up for adoption, and I was allowed to work with them unsupervised. However, just because an animal has not displayed aggression in the past does not mean that they will not in the future. Animals were brought into the animal shelter on a daily basis. When being introduced to a new environment and new people, stress for animal

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    Eric Patrick Clapton was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and guitarist of the 1960’s, who was influenced by the legendary blues guitarist, Robert Johnson. Robert Johnson had a brief career, but inspired many rock ‘n’ roll musicians, such as Clapton. When reviewing Clapton’s songs, there are many musical attributes that come from Johnson. In fact, Clapton made an album called ‘Me and Mr. Johnson’ as tribute to Johnson, because of the impact he had on Clapton’s musical career. Clapton has been

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    were an integral part of the 1960s British rock scene. Captivating audiences with singer Eric Burdon’s deep, howling vocals, the band became something to talk about. Coming over to the U.S. during the height of the British Invasion, the band had legions of screaming fans fainting at the mere sight of them. In late 1966-early 1967, the original line-up disbanded and a new version was formed under the name Eric Burdon & the Animals. Though the band didn’t last more than a decade in any form, their music

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    Name: Matthew asher Title: Animals should not be in captivity. Animals have rights just like, they need to be free too. Just imagine you being in a cage for the rest of your life.That would be boring and exhausting. Animals in captivity are abused in many ways of settling, that means research and product testing. The product testing abuses animals by hurting the animals to taste the product. And fur farms, fur farms cut off the fur of furry animals such as lambs and sheep. When fur farms. Cut

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