...Current controversy continues to swirl around the subject of the pit bull and the nature of the breed. However, many will argue that society and environment are to blame for the excessive attacks that the generalized bull breed has been convicted of. Society gets to dictate how these dogs are used and the training they will receive against humanity, but not all pit bulls should be classified as dangerous. Pit bulls are in our headlines constantly, from strays to abuse, and sometimes unimaginable mauling’s. The crime scenes are described as bloody and brutal leaving victims clinging for their lives or worse, death. Death caused by pit bulls accounts for over 60% more than any other breed. Most times the dogs are familiar with the victims...
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...the nation, as the animal overpopulation has taken its toll on communities all over. According to statistics, for every person that is born, 15 dogs and 45 cats are also born. That makes it near to impossible in being able to provide homes for them all. When considering options of what to do with these pets, spaying and neutering has made uproar in communities all over the nation. By looking at the pet overpopulation as a whole, considering any risks involved, and the stress this matter brings to communities worldwide will provide you with enough beneficial information when comparing reasons to or not to spay and neuter. Just one litter is too much, and litters always seem to slip by. By choosing to not spay and neuter, animals can produce thousands of litters in a matter of years. For cats it is even worse. Two primary factors lead to pet overpopulation; allowing cats and dogs to reproduce with little chance of finding homes for their offspring, and pet owners giving up their pets because they are no longer wanting them. The numbers keep rising and each year millions of animals are euthanized because there are more pets than responsible homes for them. For years, controversy has erupted over the fears of...
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...without it share of controversies, there will come a time that veterinarians will be faced with some moral ethics and veterinarians may be seen as greedy and recommend some unnecessary things. I do agree at times some recommendaations may not be needed to treat the animals’ present problem, but it is up to the veterinarian to stress the importance of why they chose to recommend why that chose specific treatment would benefit the pet. Veterinary medicine has advanced over time and becoming a veterinarian is not an easy task, but you are choosing to be an advocate for the creatures with no voice and your main concern would be to play a hand in the overall well- being of an animal. This is why I chose to follow my passion and pursue my dream in becoming a veterinarian to make a change in a...
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...For many years, humankind has been fascinated by reptiles in all their different forms, colors, and properties. Recently, some of those who keep these creatures as pets or for demonstrations have promoted a procedure to limit the dangers of venomous reptiles against humans who own them. However, the idea of limiting a creature’s natural defense for the needs of a person who is unwilling to handle it safely is selfish and outlandish. Essentially, it is hardly different from removing the thumbs from a human, or the canine teeth from a dog. Venomous snakes use venom as a tool to hunt and to protect themselves. This controversial procedure is meant to protect the safety of humans, but the safety of the snake is rarely considered. A venomoid is a venomous snake that has had its venom glands removed or destroyed in order to make it “harmless.”4 During an adenectomy, the surgeon first sterilizes each instrument and table top.5 Much like any other surgery, assuming the use of an actual practice and trained surgeon, the process is very clean and sterile. In order to prep the snake, it is placed in a gallon jar with few holes punctured in very certain spots. Through these holes Trifluoroethane is dropped and the jar is then quickly sealed. The patient remains in the jar, taking in both oxygen and the anesthetic fumes.5 In order to access the gland, an incision is made in the side of the head to reveal the whole gland. The muscle tissues are then carefully separated, the gland severed...
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...demands for the need of relatively few initial legal or financial commitments. According to Siegel, R., & Yacht, C. (2009), the lessee or tenant of property signs a lease that make plain the terms of the rental agreement: term, rent, terms of payments and fees, limitation such as pets or smoking, and charges for loss or harm. Prior to that, a tenant is usually expected to give the owner of property a security deposit to cover the landlord’s costs of a replacement of damaged property or cleaning, as necessary, when the tenant moves out. If the deposit is not used, it is returned to the renter when they leave. (although without any interest earned). a). Describe in detail the advantages and disadvantages of renting versus owning a home. The advantages of renting are thus stated below: i. Limited financial obligation. ii. Limited maintenance expenses iii. Money liquidity iv. Money mobility The disadvantages of renting are thus: i. No equity growth or store of value ii. Lifestyle limitations, for example, smoking or pets. iii. Decorating and...
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...Dangerous breeds of dog should be banned Recently there has been much controversy about dangerous breeds of dogs. In this year, there are many dangerous breeds of dogs to attack people even kill people. So a lot of organizations such as state government, local councils support banning them. I think that dangerous breeds of dogs should be banned because we should notice that the security of ourselves. Actually there are about 10000 dog attacks in Victoria each year. Dangerous breeds of dog let us live in a dangerous world. We should protection ourselves to banned the dangerous breeds of dog. The dangerous breeds of dog are very easy to become difficult to control. Although these do owners always say ” These people by dangerous breeds dogs attack because they provocative and stimulating these dogs.” But it seems too easy to make these dogs to attack people. In fact any kind of life style behaviors may stimulate these dogs. Legal advice lawyer on customer service for the owner of the dangerous breeds of dog the first is don’t leave dog at home with children alone. In the first half-year of 2009,the dogs attacks cases are 72%of serious injuries is 0-11 age group, 23% of the decease is over 55 years old. We can see dangerous breeds of dog are dangerous and threaten our safety, The dog owners who own the dangerous breeds of dog are not responsible. Pit bull terrier attacks threaten our safety and peace life. In the news all the time is about the attacks by pit bulls. For example...
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...hard it is to see a subject in a new light. I found myself torn between what I thought of as morally right and logically correct. The major argument being, is it morally ok to feed unwanted kittens to snakes? As I write this paper, I periodically glance at the picture I have of my fluffy grey cat Henry. Henry passed away when he had to be relocated to my aunt’s ranch, our house flooded in 2009 and our new condo didn’t allow pets. Now Henry had a cozy life with the Schettlers and on the ranch. Yet my aunt claims to this day, that he died of a broken heart. I, however sweet and sentimental the thought, argue that he died because my mom accidentally let him go a couple of turns in the dryer… Henry was always a fighter; I rescued him from the woods, out of a litter of two kittens he was the only survivor. His mother and sister did not make it out of the woods, but Henry wasn’t giving up that easily. After the tragic incidents that were the start of Henry’s life, I convinced my father to let him stay in the house. I know there is controversy over how animals actually feel about us, but I can assure you, you wouldn’t have questioned our relationship. I knew he was mad at me for leaving him; every time I came to visit, he would ignore my presence for the first couple of hours. Yet once he was satisfied that he had...
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...The wolf has had an influence on the culture, art, and lore of human society since before historical times. The wolf is one of the most misunderstood animals in all of history. Theirs is a proud, yet sad, history. The wolf and dog are different species but yet have so much in common. Dogs were originally classified as “Canis familiaris”, in 1758. However, in 1993, dogs were reclassified as a subspecies of the gray wolf and renamed “canis lupus familiaris.”While it is true that there have been speculations that dogs may have descended from several species of canines, the wolf appears to ultimately be the ancestor of man’s best friend. The dog and wolf both share the same number of chromosomes (78, arranged in 39 pairs).The dog and the wolf can mate and give life to offspring. There are good chances indeed, that in the past the two species may have interbred, whether because of feral dogs may have escaped from being domesticated or because some wolves may have separated from their pack and started looking for a soul mate. At the same time, the outward appearance of wolves and dogs is markedly different. The wolf’s skeleton is higher and has a more arched spine. The wolf’s legs are heavier in build and are usually longer. Dogs and wolves run differently. A dog runs with a loping, almost casual gait, while wolves run in a springing motion with force from the hind legs propelling them forward. One main difference between the wolf and the dog is the mating; a dog can...
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...Abstract Corporations and research laboratories have conducted many harmful acts on animals. Some animal rights groups have fought to stop these parties they include the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the Animal Liberation Front, PAWS, and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Suffering and Exploitation and Trans-Species Unlimited. There are various different tactics used by these animal rights groups. They range from raising awareness, to lobbying to public demonstrations, against institutions which have taken advantage of helpless animals. Public demonstrations were the most effective. 1 Hurt Fido and Suffer the Consequences: Tactics and Impacts of the Animal Rights Movement “I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it”- said Abraham Lincoln. Animals are abused around the world, in circuses they are used in tricks. The American Museum of Natural History inflicted male cat’s brains with lesions to give the cat sexual urges for other species. The best known animal rights movement in the world is, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) which was founded in March, 1980, in Norfolk, Virginia by Ingrid Newirk and Alex Pacheco. The Animal Liberation Front, founded in 1976, by Ronnie Lee, has received the reputation of being the most violent organization when saving animal, along with, Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) and the Trans-Species Unlimited (TSU) the...
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...very important and I will be sharing my reflections, thoughts and experiences in this paper. Researchers all over the world, who have studied primates argue that these animals hold the capacity to communicate. The researchers go on to describe that a communication barrier is all that separates humans from animals. Chimpanzees are more superior on using their hand and feet than humans. I observed them using their hand to peel bananas, use hands and feet to swing, open doors and even had a water faucet sticking out of the wall with a button that they pressed to drink water. I also got a chance to see a chimp using sign language. This particular chimp in his early life was on TV and commercials, can walk upright, and was harmless. His owner decided to part ways due to the chimp’s age and turned him over to the research facility. They can also distinguished between different grammatical patterns. They also communicate socially by grooming, which is cleaning dirt, insects, and dried skin from one or another. This was done constantly. In humans, this action is like doing something nice teach other to bond. I once got a glass of water with a straw and watched the chimps drink from the straw. My favorite experience was when I was on...
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...Breed Specific Legislation: The Flawed System By: Dogs have been considered a man’s best friend for decades and the numbers to prove this do not lie, 59.5% of American households have a pet dog (Weise, 2001). With this data in hand, would it be fair to say America loves its furry four legged friends? Somewhat. A topic that is picking up steam in America is Breed Specific Legislation (BSL), and it is starting to create unnecessary controversy. Attempting to remove specific breeds from entire communities based on fear, is unjust. We as a country need to start looking deeper into this issue and decide who the real culprit is: the animal or the owner. BSL is defined as a group of laws passed that regulate a certain breed’s ability to reside in a community. The breed catching the most heat currently is the pit bull. One of the issues with this is defining what a pit bull is. There are so many variances on what characteristics define these dogs. It has come down to any dog with a big head and a broad shoulder is in fact a pit bull. They are all profiled as aggressive, unpredictable, malicious animals. But, upon researching the history of these dogs in our country, you will find quite the opposite. They are of English decent, brought here by English immigrants. They were originally bred from Bulldogs and used as hunting dogs. In the early 1900’s, they were most known for being multi-purpose family dogs, with a reputation of protecting their family’s children (Kendrick, 2012)...
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...quiet, and you’re all by yourself. You whine and yell for help but nobody seems to hear you. The people you thought were your family abandoned you, left you all alone in a small confined cage. There is no place to use the bathroom, other than where you stand. The awful stench of your faeces grows worse and worse each second. The only food they left you with, you ate in the first day. Now the only thing keeping you alive is your desperation to eat and drink your own waste and the will to survive. You are a dog left to die by its owners, with the thought that you are lower than humans and have no real importance or worth. I have always been an animal lover and it has always disgusted me to see an animal being mistreated. Even when I am watching a movie and an animal gets hurt I always cringe with sadness. I remember I had these neighbors; we were good friends with them. They always wanted to have a dog but either they never had the money to take care of a pet or they just did not know how. That never stopped them from constantly having a dog. I remember two specific dogs they had, one was a mixed bulldog, Daisy, and the other was a Jack Russell Terrier, Jack. Daisy was such a beautiful sweet dog, but the way she was treated was poor. If they did not have any dog food they would feed her cereal and milk. They also considered spraying her with a hose while she ran around in the backyard a bath. The worst thing that happened to her was that one day Daisy decided to climb their fence...
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...Copyright © 2005 Information Systems Audit and Control Association. All rights reserved. www.isaca.org. Radio Frequency Identification: What Does It Mean for Auditors? By Beth Serepca, CFP OIG, NRC, and Bob Moody, CISA, CIA, CFE, DOI , adio frequency identification (RFID) is a method of remotely storing and retrieving data using devices called RFID tags. RFID is a wireless technology that includes passive, semipassive and active tags: • Active RFID systems can store large amounts of information using a power source within the tags. • Passive RFID tags do not use a separate external power source. They obtain operating power from the tag reader. • Semipassive RFID uses an internal power source to monitor environmental conditions, but requires radio frequency energy transferred from the reader to power a tag response (similar to passive tags). The tags are small objects that can be attached to or incorporated into a product, much like the standard bar code tags on products in the supermarket. The difference is that while it takes a laser to scan a standard bar code and read its universal product code, an RFID tag stores its identifying code on a tiny microchip and transmits it wirelessly to a reader device. This allows more tags to be scanned at once from farther away, and it allows individual items—not just types of items—to be assigned unique identifying codes. An RFID system may consist of several components: tags, tag readers, tag programming stations, circulation readers...
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...safety have been pummeled into their brains. However, the affects of other factors such as, stress and emotions have not been emphasized as clearly. According to an article on DMV.org, “feeling worried or annoyed, whether it is related to driving or not, can have the same negative impact as an intense cell phone conversations or the consumption of alcoholic dinks” (Davis). Allstate is a well-respected auto insurance company, which thrives upon accident forgiveness and keeping their customers protected through safety campaigns. In July, Allstate launched its “Mayhem” series of commercial advertisements. In these commercials, Mayhem is portrayed as a physical person causing unavoidable trouble to automotive owners, such as sidewalk distractions, extreme weather conditions, young pets, and teenage destruction. Mayhem overall advertises that turmoil is everywhere and, without raising rates, Allstate will protect their drivers from these unavoidable dangers when other insurance companies will not. Allstate effectively advertises its services by using a credible actor, who humorously addresses emotional parental topics, and entertainingly exaggerating the teenage girl stereotype in a familiar setting. In this specific commercial, Mayhem is portraying an exaggerated, distracted, and emotional teenager who is driving through a crowded parking lot and unknowingly sideswipes a parked car. The intended target audience is adults, both with and without children, who are seeking affordable and...
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...VII. Corporate governance in foreign investments, privatization and the significance of insolvency regimes 7.4 Grand corruption involving privatization Submitted by: Ma. Jolina M. Boloso BSA 3-1 Submitted to: Prof. Carolina Guerrero May 10, 2014 Table of Contents I. Corruption and privatization ………………………………………………. 2 What structure help prevent corruption …………………………………. 3 II. Examples of Grand corruption involving privatization MWSS …………………………………………………………………………………. 4 * Problems and rationale for MWSS privatization ……………… 4 * Privatization of MWSS ………………………………………………….. 5 * MWSS issues and controversies …………………………………….. 6 Expo Filipino ………………………………………………………………….……. 8 * Issue ..…………………………………………………………………..…….. 8 * Reopening …………………………………………………………………… 9 III. References ………………………………………………………………………. 10 I. Corruption and privatization Corruption has become a major international concern. The topic of international conferences, policy forums and ministerial speeches, it is also the subject of a recent OECD Convention and the focus of an international non-governmental organization, Transparency International. However, the incidence of large-scale corruption is closely connected with contracting-out, concessions, and privatization, where multinationals based in OECD countries stand to gain a lot of profitable business. The encouragement of privatization by the World Bank, and the economic benefit to OECD multinationals from...
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