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    Barry Wisebram Case Study

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    When Sun Pet LTD. General Manager Barry Wisebram was a child, he’d go into pet stores and watch the hamsters, Guinea pigs and other small animals scamper around in their habitats. Having the small animals to watch was what made him want to enter and stay in the store, and eventually, Wisebram wound up buying one. Now, Wisebram is helping to continue that cycle of drawing customers into pet stores and having them find a fascination with small animals through Sun Pet LTD.’s job of supplying wholesale

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    possibly growing tumors the size of their bodies. Worldwide, 24 animals die every minute in laboratories. Every year, 100 million animals die from such test. These tests are unethical, unnecessary, and is bad science. Mice, fish, rabbits, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, farm animals, birds, cats, and dogs are just a few of the animals that are being tested on. Many of these animals become blind after tests that consist of eyeliner, hand soap, food ingredients, and medicines. These animals are dying inhumanely

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    Imagine you were in a hospital and your doctor mentions pet therapy and you decide to try it out. Your doctor arranges for you to meet with someone in the morning to tell you all about it. Soon after that, a dog and its handler visit you in your room and you are invited to pet the dog, play with it, and ask questions to the owner. After the visit you realize you're smiling, less tired, and more optimistic, and you can't wait to tell your friends and family about it, and can't wait for tomorrow to

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    Animal Testing Pros

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    According to the official Corrositex website, Corrositex is “used to determine the dermal corrosive potential of chemicals and chemical mixtures.” This skin-like subject is a substitute for rabbit skin corrosion tests and skin sensitization on guinea pigs and mice. Another alternative to live animal testing is the Bovine Corneal Opacity/Permeability assay, which substitutes for eye Draize tests on rabbits. As stated by The MB Research Lab website, “(BCOP) is an alternative ocular irritation assay

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    Death is not a foreign concept in 1960’s USSR Czechoslovakia, nor in The Guinea Pigs by Ludvík Vaculík. Throughout the novel, the narrator, Vašek, a lowly banker, comes across many instances of severe suffering. Before these murders, the black tomcat and the barrel, symbols of death, come as not only a warning of an end, but as a factor in the homicides that are about to occur. Whoever is in the presence of the barrel has a death in their future, making it a warning of fatality. At the end of chapter

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    While the argument can be made that the animals are being treated equally as humans, others assert there is harm towards the animals. One should be concerned with the pros and cons about animals. All evidence considered, rather than harming animals, one needs appreciate and merit the animals. Obviously, animals over the years have been harmed by the society. But do the people know the animals are being harmed? According to dosomething.org, it’s been estimated that there are 900 to 2,000 new cases

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    Pets in the classroom benefit students by teaching responsibility, boosting self-esteem, and helping with children with anxiety. “From early childhood, the desire to keep a pet is almost universal; children dream frequently about animals; images and pictures of animals dominate children 's books; children who keep pets often regard baby-faced animals as siblings; and there appears to simply be an human attraction to, or at least interest in, non-human animals” (Daly, Suggs 104). “Keeping pet animals

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    Companion). This means they have been known to work with humans without being a threat. Wild animals and hybrid mixes are not considered companion animals due to the fact that they could be dangerous (Species Specific). Common household pets like guinea pigs, fish, some reptiles, cats, dogs, and other mammals of a smaller size are examples of valid companion animals; Horses and other farm animals bred specifically to be a companion animal are also valid (Species Specific). Loneliness is an aspect

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    brother works at Fareway, this summer he also worked for his girlfriend’s dad. My job that I have is babysitting. I also have 3 pets, Belle, MJ, and JJ. Belle is a dog, and MJ and JJ are my guinea pigs.Recently one of my guinea pigs died.He was sick and he was old, he really got diminutive. So one of our guinea pigs is mono.We all live in a yellow, one story house in the town of Cresco, Iowa. One of my favorite things to do is play sports, I play basketball, softball, volleyball, and track.

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    Benefits Of Having A Pet

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    Many children want pets. For example, dogs, bunnies, hamsters, etc. A pet for children is not only fun and enjoyable, but 90% of the children between the ages of 3 and 13 indicated benefits to having a pet. The main arguments that children give when they want a pet are simple things like, they find it instructive, joyful, and therapeutic to receive unconditional love from their pet. Children often experience their animal as someone they trust as a friend, but these are not the only advantages.

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