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    One extracurricular activity that is important to me is volunteering at the Skagit Valley Humane Society. I have always enjoyed being around animals so I decided to volunteer. I can help animals that have lost everything and just need someone to love them. While volunteering I walk the dogs, clean cages or whatever the staff needs me to do. The animals love the attention they get and only want to be loved. This experience made me realize that caring for animals is something I enjoy doing. By volunteering

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    The Animal Humane Association mission is to “To engage the hearts, hands and minds of the community to help animals.” Even with thoughtful and helpful volunteers, saving animals takes the capital. On average twenty thousand pets come through the doors of the Animal Humane Association looking for care, vaccines, and forever homes. The Animal Humane Association use seventy-four percent of their profits to provide for animals in need, while the other twenty-six percent goes to the organizing and

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    The Humane Society began in America in 1954 with the goal of ending animal cruelty. The multiple founders were trying to save many animals and get society to end abuse to animals. A question often appearing what will be done with these animals in the shelter. Research has been done proving the help of pets in therapy homes or a support for the mentally ill. Humane Society's play many roles in the community as it not only holds the animals that have no homes, it offers a place for community members

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    Bitterroot Humane Association Sydney Greek Period 1 12-3-16 Research Paper Imagine being a staff member or a volunteer at an animal shelter. Imagine watching day in and day out as animals passed through your doors, the unmistakeable scent of desolation and grief filling the room like a tidal wave. Imagine standing in front of the donation jar, counting the measly offerings, and hoping they added up to at least five dollars. Ravalli County should do more to encourage adoption

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    Increasing the San Diego Humane Society’s Adaptive Capacity The San Diego Humane Society (SDHS) has recently become one of the largest animal sheltering organizations in the nation. The recent mergers with four other San Diego county animal welfare organizations within the last six years have brought about adaptive challenges. Furthermore, three of the four mergers have occurred within the last year. One such major adaptive challenge is with its inability to effectively communicate with all members

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    The Humane Society of the United States, HSUS, has released many commercials to show the terrible conditions that some animals are subject to live in. These commercials also promote the need for people to adopt from shelters, and give these animals a second chance at a better life. This commercial in particular shows singer, and 3rd place contestant on “The Voice”, Christina Grimmie, playing the piano, and singing her version of Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero”. As she sings, many pictures

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    of The Supreme Philosophy Of Man. Many animals who have given people their love have been cast off or mistreated. The Humane Society Of The United States(HSUS) has made it their mission since 1954 to prevent this cruelty before it happens. The four founders of HSUS Helen Jones, Larry Andrews, Marcia Glaser, and Fred Meyers, all believed in this mission. I believe that the Humane Society Of The United States has a worthwhile and honorable mission. It is one of the best. Not only does it save thousands

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    This paper describes Carly’s service learning project in which she spent twenty hours volunteering at the Alachua County Humane Society (ACHS). She worked with dogs and cats, caring for them until they were adopted into forever homes. She also formed relationships with fellow volunteers, specifically one from the same Family, Youth, and Community Sciences (FYCS) program at the University of Florida. In this paper, Carly’s feelings about the service learning in which she participated will be discussed

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    beginning to the end of the novels. It is used in writing to contrast between “what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant” (Puchner i). In The Road, McCarthy uses irony to show the difference between what we would expect from a humane perspective and how those left have fallen so far from those expectations. One instance of this irony occurred when the father and son observed two men and a pregnant woman traveling on the road. Later, when these travelers were

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    research. The debate over human animal testing has been ongoing for many years, starting as early as the 19th century. However, animal testing has been recorded as early as 500 BC, and has been practiced ever since. People have been advocating for more humane practices for animal testing since the 19th century, when Queen Victoria publicly displayed her disgust at these practices. Scientists should not continue animal testing because there are alternatives that are safer for the animals, the treatment

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