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    Most pet stores offer a limited number of animals only such as dogs, cats, turtles, and fishes, among the common ones. On the other hand, animal shelters can offer different kinds of animals aside from dogs and cats, such as birds and even horses. Unlike pet stores which are usually privately-owned, some shelters are managed by the local government and are even funded by the taxes we pay. Some shelters, on the other hand, are managed by non-government organizations and are funded by donations and

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    Puppy mills are a worldwide commercial breeding operation. The most common places that you will run into a puppy mill is by buying a dog from a pet store, newspaper ad, online, or even in a public area including a flea market. Puppy mills began after World War II because of the horrific war. When the farmers crops became a failure and were not bringing profit to the town. People started to worry and decided to breed pure bred dogs and sell them as they would of called it the new cash crops.

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    Most pet stores offer limited number of animals only such as dogs, cats, turtles, and fishes, among the common ones. On the other hand, animal shelters can offer different kinds of animals aside from dogs and cats, such as birds and even horses. Unlike pet stores which are usually privately-owned, some shelters are managed by the local government, and are even funded by the taxes we pay. Some shelters, on the other hand, are managed by non-government organizations and are funded by donations and

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    Lupus also known as Lupus Erythematosus is a long standing autoimmune disease. In an autoimmune disease the body immune system attacks itself. The inflammation that has develop by these attacks causes damage to the bodies tissue and organ. The frequently affected bodies tissue and organ are the brain, joints, skin, kidney, heart, lung, and blood vessel. Nevertheless, this disease is difficult to assess due to the widespread of affected age groups, ethnics, gender geography area and socioeconomic

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    Animal Rights Essay

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    The rights of animals and their role in society is a topic that is constantly considered, but is never known how the problem can be solved. The dictionary definition attempts to explain it with “the rights of animals, claimed on ethical grounds, to the same humane treatment” (“Animal Rights”). For animals to have humane treatment, is an endeavor to give them the same rights as humans. People want animals to have rights to make sure that they aren’t abused and mistreated, but having the same amount

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    Have you ever taken an antibiotic when you had a cold? Have you ever gotten a vaccine for the flu? If your answer is yes, then you can thank animal research because “Without animal research, medicine as we know it today wouldn’t exist” says Kristen Cook from pro-test.org. So, although animal experimentation can be labeled animal cruelty, sometimes using animals to experiment on is the only option for research. Animal experimentation research has brought many lifesaving medical benefits to the world

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    so do the animals, “Animal experimentation is not only beneficial to humans but animals as well. If the vaccines were not tested on them, a lot of them could have died from rabies, infectious hepatitis virus, anthrax, feline leukemia, and canine parvovirus. Remedies for hip dysplasia and glaucoma were also discovered through animal testing. But the real highlight is that vivisection helped kept endangered species, such as the California condor, the tamarins of Brazil, and the black-footed ferret,

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    Administering vaccines to companion animals is a common practice intended to prevent the contraction of specific diseases by our pets. Like in humans, animals can be protected from illness by staying up to date on their vaccinations, which can range from once every six months to once every three years if kept current. However, there are those who choose not to vaccinate their pets and do not believe that vaccines are effective or safe. Is this mindset acceptable, or can it be considered dangerous

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    Is it inhumane to use animals as research? “Animal research and testing has played a part in almost every medical breakthrough of the last century. It has saved hundreds of millions of lives worldwide...” – (Former UK Home Office minister Joan Ryan.) My grandpa is one of millions who suffer from heart disease. Heart disease and related conditions is the number one killer in the world. Death rates from this disease are continuing to decline every year because of the medical advancements, diagnosis

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    Grey Wolf Research Paper

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    they are rarely eaten. There is not a single record of a wolf being killed by a coyote, but they can bang together and chase down a lone wolf if they are vulnerable. There are many diseases wolves can carry, like rabies, canine distemper, canine parvovirus, infectious canine, hepatitis, papillomatosis, and canine coronavirus. If a wolf is infected with something, they will show no fear, even towards humans, and will attack. Most attacks are because a wolf has rabies. Bacterial diseases carried by

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