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    These fences with their isolation properties have me feeling more like a criminal in a Prisoner of War camp, held here for seeking a better, safer life with a better future for my girls. We’ve been here for months, a year, longer, I don’t know. I have no way to know, no communication, no luxuries to make you feel at home, not even a calendar to cross of the days that come again and again but every day is the same. Is as prison like as I know. I brought my girls in hope for them to live a life free

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    Zoos Literature Review

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    an article by S.M.P. Benbow called Zoos: Public Places to View Private Lives, she discusses how zoo enclosures have improved over time. She goes into detail about how the enclosures started as something that was supposed to be exactly like there habitat, and as time goes on it has gotten more real. Benbow also discusses the different technological advances in the enclosures, and how they are a space that represents a different place (Benbow, 2000, p 13-23). S.M.P. Benbow worked in the Department

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    Introduction: Motivation: Pollution of our environment is a big issue in today's world. I thought I would focus on one aspect of this by looking at the effects of salt pollution on duckwed. Hopefully by finding out more about our effects on the environment we can discover ways to preserve it. Aim: To find out what effects growing in waters of different salinity will have on the growth of duckweed. Hypothesis: The duckweed will show a small growth increase with very low levels of salinity and then

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    Taylor Alvarez Paxton Language Arts 12 CP Jan 2018 Animals Behind Bars If you live in America you are probably one of the 175 million people who visit zoos each year. You have probably visited the zoo with your families to look at the extraordinary animals that they keep. You are not the only one to do so, but you have been tricked by zoos to believe that the animals in their care are properly cared for. The truth is for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week animals in captivity are forced to spend their

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    As a child, it was always an unforgettable moment anytime the family visited the zoo. My elderly brother, who was very shy and quiet, became social because the animals in the zoo were friendly to him. My father would always assign us homework titled: My Experience at the Zoo. This became a routine practice which contributed hugely to our academic performances. Zoo proponents believe that they provide education and entertainment to the public and they also protect the animals. Zoo opponents, on the

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    Nathalia Rucci Metzger Speech: Period 4 6 October 2014 Zoos are Internment Camps for Animals and Should Be Shut Down Attention Getter/ Intro (Attention Getter, intro to topic, thesis, preview) Close your eyes.Picture yourself as a child. You are walking through the entrance gates and try your best to see over the many crowds of people. You have been waiting for this moment and grow very impatient. Finally, you sprint to the very first exhibit in sight, and your mouth drops. You rush to see the next

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    Right this is a lesson to be learned and avoided to indeed have a happy life. Also animal have habitats that need to be made for the when the weather in the zoo changes the can die also we can't always provide the right habitat to live in and that can also lead to death and could cause problems with a lott of people that

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    Pill Bug Life History and Behavior Paper Pill Bugs are an interesting creature you will usually find under rocks, boards, and/or decaying vegetation. They are classified as terrestrial Isopods; they are classified as Crustaceans which are a smaller group of Arthropoda. Pill Bugs are usually called sowbugs or woodlice. These creatures can live from 2 to 3 years. Pill Bugs are usually found under rocks, boards, and decaying vegetation. They like cool dark places with a humid damp temperature. Although

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    When you go to a zoo, you are usually full of excitement, happiness and eagerness to look at your favorite animals, especially if you’re a child or it’s your first time. But when you go to a zoo, do you ever think of the what the animals are going through, or see an animal acting out of the ordinary? This isn’t something people like to think of, but it’s all too real. Animals that are kept in zoos behave a lot differently than they normally do in the wild. They show signs of stress and worry such

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    Essay on Prisoners Without Choice

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    to most spectators. This essay will explain how zoos are unjust and should not be supported. Animals should not be held captive due their negative behavioral changes, lack of natural habitat and the zoos failure to effectively preserve endangered species. Even though zoos try to imitate the natural habitat of each animal, the area for the zoo might not be able to support the animals needed environment. When visiting a zoo many people fail to notice that the animals have living areas

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