...Animal Farm A review by: Dimitrios Pastirmatzis "Animal Farm is an allegorical and dystopian novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945"(1) Animal Farm is a book written in England on the 17th of August of 1945, when the Soviet Union was in the midst of the Stalinist era and is critical of the situation that was developing there. In George Orwell's views the Soviet union was turned into an inhumane dictatorship built around a single man and enforced through sheer terror of various punishments and/or executions. The author deems his book a "fairy story", but the book is anything but. The animals of Manor Farm, plagued by malnurishment and the injustice that was forced upon them, revolt against their human...
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...Animal Farm George Orwell Book Review 1 Mr and Mrs Jones are owners of a Farm in England. On night, while the Mr Jones is sleeping, the animals join together in the barn on Old Major’s (an old pig) initiative. The pig had a revelation during the night: “the man is the enemy of all animals and we must get rid of him”. Everybody agree and they sing together. The noise wakes up the farmer who shoots on them. Three nights later, Old Sage dies. Then, Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer, three other pigs create a new philosophical system: Animalism. They begin to lead the other animals. Mr Jones can’t work anymore because of alcoholism so some workers must take care of the farm. They are very mean and the animals have nothing to eat. The animals rebel and scare away workers and Mrs. Jones. Now they are alone in the farm. They destroy everything and keep only the home of the farmers as a museum. Pigs learn to read, rename the farm "Animal Farm" and write on the wall the "Seven Commandments" of the Animalism: Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall kill any other animal. All animals are equal. Cows do not feel well because no one can milk them. The pigs run it and then leave the milk out. The evening, the milk disappears. Animals live happy, better than with man. However, some animals work less than others...
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...Rozeboom (Animal Science) Prepared by: Victoria Campbell-Arvai Department of CARRS, Michigan State University August 17, 2009 Literature Review: A Comparison of Dairy Production Systems SUMMARY This literature review focused on studies comparing the effects of dairy production systems (pasture-based, conventional/confinement1, and mixed) on (i) environmental issues, (ii) social issues, (iii) economic issues, (iv) human health issues, and (v) animal welfare issues. The review was based on peer-reviewed research papers identified by experts at MSU, as well as (where specifically suggested) non peer-reviewed university and government reports. Additional studies were identified from the reference section of recommended papers, as well as via their citation index (primarily Google Scholar). A synopsis of each section is available below, as well as at the end of each section. There is a great deal of research –much of it based in the United States- on the environmental effects of all types of dairy farming, including intensive/confinement, mixed, pasture-based, and management-intensive rotational grazing (MIRG) operations. The vast majority of studies identified for this review focused on the fate and management of excess nitrogen and phosphorous, their effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and contributions to air quality and climate change. Many environmental mitigation efforts were suggested, including balancing nutrient inputs/outputs at the level of the farm, the watershed...
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...A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO THE SIGNET CLASSIC EDITION OF GEORGE ORWELL’S ANIMAL FARM By HAZEL K. DAVIS, Federal Hocking High School, Stewart, OH S E R I E S W. GEIGER ELLIS, ED.D., E D I T O R S : UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, EMERITUS and ARTHEA J. S. REED, PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, RETIRED A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm 2 INTRODUCTION Animal Farm is an excellent selection for junior and senior high students to study. Although on one level the novel is an allegory of the 1917 Russian Revolution, the story is just as applicable to the latest rebellion against dictators around the world. Young people should be able to recognize similarities between the animal leaders and politicians today. The novel also demonstrates how language can be used to control minds. Since teenagers are the target not only of the educational system itself but also of advertising, the music industry, etc., they should be interested in exploring how language can control thought and behavior. Animal Farm is short and contains few words that will hamper the reader’s understanding. The incidents in the novel allow for much interactive learning, providing opportunities for students to dramatize certain portions, to expand on speeches, and to work out alternative endings. The novel can be taught collaboratively with the history department as an allegory of the Russian Revolution, allowing students to draw parallels...
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...Is the text formal or informal? The text is informal 34. Do the two writers have the same opinion or conflicting opinions? No they have opposite conflicting opinions. Task 3 Wind farms Key points taken from the two wind farm texts. Key points from the article ‘What health problems do wind turbines cause? Opinion 1 o Wind power accounts for 1% of electricity in America o 25, 00 wind turbines, that are 24 meters tall, make electric o The turbines kill bats ( air pressure from the turbines damages their lungs) o The turbines kill birds (the blades hit the birds) o The turbines make the natural environment look ugly o Some people say the turbines make them sick (wind turbine syndrome) o Sickness may be; headaches, sleep problems, night terrors, learning disabilities. o The turbines blades move so fast and make a sound and vibration (infrasound) Is the article for or against wind farms? What is your opinion on this text? Is the article for or against wind farms? Against wind farms What is your opinion of this text? This will be the student’s own original opinion Key points from the article ‘Wind farm backers say review proves wind energy clean and safe’. (Opinion...
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...his article presents the review of James Rachels on the basic argument for vegetarianism by Peter Singer. The author develops the Singer’s idea that causing pain is not justified unless there is a sufficiently good reason for it (Rachels 72). Such approach is applicable to vegetarianism and explains why killing animals cannot be justified. Rachel accepts the essence of this idea and states that people should refuse to be the consumers of meat produced on farms and slaughterhouses. The author supports his stance with the point that eating meat for pleasure is not a convincing argument against vegetarianism. Neither is the need to provide the body with certain nutrients, which can be easily substituted with vegetable food. On the other hand,...
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...Health and Safety Legislation Veterinary Medicines Introduction This assignment looks at one of the Health and Safety Legislations that Middle Farm has to follow when administrating veterinary medicines to animals. Middle Farm is a family run dairy farm on the out skirts of Harrogate. The farm has a herd of 150 milking cows and calves and a small flock of sheep. As a family run farm it only consists of two partners and two full time employees. The partners and staff are trained and competent in administering veterinary medicines through courses run by their local vets. Health and Safety needs to be strictly followed to keep the farm as an active business, failure to do so can have serious consequences for the partners. The HSE website states that: “ A failure to comply with an improvement or prohibition notice, or a court remedy order, carries a fine of up to £20 000, or six months’ imprisonment, or both.” http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hsc14.htm The Veterinary medicines regulations describe veterinary medicines as any substance for the treatment, control and prevention of disease in livestock. Veterinary medicines are used to keep animals healthy and include wormers, antibiotics and vaccines. Veterinary medicines can also cause harm if they are not used properly. Veterinary Medicines Legislation The information I have obtained applies to the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 which display the procedures, manufacture, controls, supply and...
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...Animal Cruelty Liz Rasey English 112 Humans have been using animals for consumption ever since we have been around on the Earth. As the populations of humans rapidly increases throughout many centuries so has the consumption levels. Just within the last few decades has the awareness for animal rights gained tons of popularity. PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) was created in 1980 and “Focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry.” ([->0]) As the knowledge of animal cruelty becomes more popular , will people take action to ensure the lives of animals are protected against the way they are enslaved for food purposes? Animal rights activists and animal welfare organizations have slightly different beliefs and will both be discussed vs. people for animal experimentation and for food productions . Animal rights activists believe that “the rights to humane treatment claimed on behalf of animals, especially the right not to be exploited for human purposes” (The American Heritage Dictionary 2005). They also believe that humans and animals should have the same rights. The three major types of foods used for food consumption are the chickens, pigs and the cows. But there are definitely many others. “Every year in the United States over nine billion chickens...
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...livelihood especially for the poor in the rural areas. Goat production is mostly carried out by smallholders where the animals are kept in small flocks at an average of 5-10 head/family. While rearing of goat remains at a subsistence level, its contribution to the total farm income is substantial. Goat production fits well in the rural landscape as well as in the resource capacity of smallholder farmers. It requires low initial capital and guarantees a high return on investment in as fast as two years; hence it is an attractive undertaking among rural households (FFTC Annual Report 2009). In recognition of its importance, several advanced technologies have been developed to increase goat production in some countries in the region. Technology improvement widely ranges from reproductive techniques and seasonal breeding, to silage making, agricultural by-product utilization, slotted slat barn facilities and total mix ration. However, most Asian small-scale goat farmers do not have access to these relevant information and advanced technologies for increased outputs, giving them very limited opportunities to improve their production as well as their livelihood. Goats are a most likely alternative source of animal protein, and can efficiently provide meat and milk to complement cattle and buffalo production. Goat raising has become not just for the Asian rural farm households. It has emerged as a popular business option for many affluent entrepreneurs in some Asian countries. Seeing...
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...Factory Farm Cruelty NAME School Factory Farm Cruelty Farming started countless years ago, with families raising their own meat and produce. Farmer’s children would support the farm by feeding animals, cleaning stalls, taking care of the animals as much as they could, with dreams of hopefully getting the farm when the time was right. These were the good days, when eating was great because all of our meals mainly came from what we had grown. Meat, vegetables, and dairy products all tasted better because the animals or earth the food came from was completely “happy” and chemical free. Happy means that the animals were well taken care of with plenty of time in the pasture to stretch their legs and frolic around; plants weren’t doused with pesticides and growth hormones. Water from the stream was good enough to drink straight out of the stream, and the air was fresh to breathe. As time went on humans started to evolve around the world, we became smarter, greedier, and by human nature we produced more humans, tenfold. With the ever-growing population small farms contracted, the days of growing your own, for your own, became obsolete. People with bigger farms were forced to risk everything in order to provide enough of a certain type of product to support their town, state, or more. According to Midkiff (2005), farmers would have “to take out loans” in order to supply everything that was needed to produce as much product as possible. “If farmers couldn’t pay their loans because...
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...poultry, vegetables, fruits and manufacturing factories. This paper will specifically focus on farm animals. First, the manufacturer is the going to be the being of the supply chain. Farmers are responsible for the life and health of the animal. They need to plan and arrange feeding. This will aid in the overall health of the animal, in turn providing a better end product. Selecting which type of food, the amount, time of feedings and all other food care will also be apart of the farmer’s responsibility. Obtaining the food is an additional consideration. How will the food be brought to the location of the animals? Farmers are also responsible for the health of the animal and any medical care the animals may need. They must arrange a vet visit as needed, shots, and any other health related concerns or needs. This is something that can be expensive and will fall on the farmer to complete. Farmers must also provide living quarters or land for the animals to reside on. This varies from farm to farm however generally there is several acres of land that animals have to roam on. Last, farmers must arrange the slaughter of the animals. This can either be done at the farm if they have the production capabilities there or they may have to contract out to local butchers. Next, is the distributor who is responsible for the distribution of the product, somewhat known as the middleman. Once the animals are packaged and the meat is ready for...
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...& DeVore 1968). They began to gather, then cultivate and settle around, patches of cereal grasses and to domesticate animals for meat, labor, skins and other materials, and milk. The earliest civilizations all relied primarily on cereal agriculture. Cultivation of fruit trees began three thousand years later, again in the Middle East, and vegetables and other crops followed (Zohari 1986). Cultivation of rice began in Asia about 7000 years ago (Stark 1986). HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In 1884 Arnold Toynbee coined the phrase ‘the Industrial Revolution’ to describe the great changes in the organization, methods and productivity which took place in late eighteenth-century England. Not surprisingly historians soon dubbed the parallel changes in agriculture ‘the Agricultural Revolution’ … approximately 1760 and 1820 the farming of this country underwent and equally abrupt and radical change (Grigg, 1967). As humans began to form permanent settlements and gave up traveling in search of food, agriculture was born. The foods we eat, the clothing we wear, the materials we use in our everyday lives is agriculture. The term agriculture refers to a wide variety of things, it is the science, art and occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops and raining livestock. Agriculture refers to financing, processing, marketing, and distribution of agricultural products, farm production supply and service industries. This new way of providing food and other raw materials developed slowly, but...
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...CENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY Musuan, Bukidnon TERM PAPER (Animal Science) Submitted by: ACUÑA, Davie Myrrh G. GERMATA, Griz Jiv A. GUATNO, Philip Robert B. PASETES, Henrich TORREGOSA, Rechil G. Submitted to: Mr. Fernando Domagsang December 7, 2015 Introduction Animal science is the study of animals that live alongside humans. Around the world, humans rely on animals for food, fiber, labor and companionship. Animal scientist helps people understand the importance of these animals. One of the role of animal scientist and animal science is to study the proper way of taking care of the animals and meeting there nutritional needs. Meeting animal’s nutritional requirement is extremely important in maintaining acceptable performance of neonatal, growing, finishing and breeding animals. It is important for them to stay healthy. Keeping animals healthy can help stop diseases from infecting humans. At different times in your life, you may have slept in a cradle, a crib, a bunk bed or a cot. You may have lived in a townhouse, a cottage, a college dorm or an apartment. Where you live depended on where you were in your life. Just like people, animals live in different places depending on their stages of life. The design of animal facilities combined with appropriate animal housing and management are essential contributors to animal well-being, the quality of animal research and production, teaching or testing programs involving animals, and the health and safety of personnel. The caging...
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...be noted that these regulations stipulate that candidates for assessment must have received at least 500 hours of theoretical training and at least 400 hours of practical training covering the areas specified in the regulations The Level 3 Diploma award is broken into 8 units: Unit 1 Introduction to food safety management Unit2 Regulations and responsibilities in meat processing Unit 3a Post mortem inspection of poultry (boilers and hens) Unit 3b Post mortem inspection of poultry (turkeys) Unit 3c Post mortem inspection of poultry (ducks and geese) Unit 3d Post mortem inspection of poultry (game birds) Unit 4 Meat hygiene and regulation Unit 5 Aetiology, pathology and welfare in poultry Unit 6 Aetiology, pathology and welfare in red meat animals Unit 7 Post mortem inspection of red meat Unit 8 Principles of hygiene and HACCP regulatory auditing ©2008 RSPH Level 3 Diploma in Meat Hygiene and Inspection Unit One: Introduction to Food Safety Management Level 2 20 Guided Learning Hours (20 theory/0 practical) Rationale This core unit develops a broad knowledge and understanding of food safety and food hygiene thereby enabling individuals working in food processing to identify problem areas and to assess solutions to ensure that food safety hazards are controlled. It is likely that this unit...
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...While Farming has been Around for Centuries Anita M. Ebbinghausen DeVry University Introduction While farming has been around for centuries, the way farmers, farm has been up for debate for many decades. There have been several studies on the Industrial agricultural and equal studies about organic agriculture. According to Best, (2007) “the question as to why humans behave toward the environment is an environmentally friendly or degrading manner has been discussed in the sociological literature for more than 30 years.” (p. 451). Farmers are unable to produce their product and their land has been standing uncultivated in order to reduce the surplus of production. The long-standing concern about the social and environmental sustainability of industrial agriculture has been added to the rising question from dependency on cheap energy derived from fossil fuel. The United States is currently dependent on Industrial Agriculture, switching to Organic Agriculture will benefit the economy and help the environment. Industrial Agriculture Although the United States is currently dependent on industrial agriculture it was somewhat prosperous in accomplishing the goals of maximizing market based production and furnishing brief economic returns, it overlooked many of the unintended negative consequences. The most important recant consequence was the soil and water degradation and the loss of the farmer and the robust rural communities (Kirschenmann, 2009). It compromises...
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