Essays on Animals

      People had learned in the primary years at school that there are three types of eaters in the animal kingdom. First type is the herbivore; these animals eat only plants. Second type is the carnivore; these animals only eat meat. Third type of eater is the omnivore or the animals that eat both plants…

How many animals are used each year for animal testing? The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection believes there to be about 10 to 11 million experimented on in the United Kingdom, and the United States Department of Agriculture has tested upon 1,137,718 animals, not including mice or rats, in 2002 (Bidnall n. pag….

Bottlenose dolphins are among the most vocal of the nonhuman animals and exhibit remarkable development of the sound production and auditory mechanisms. This can be seen in audition, which is shown in the animal¡¦s highly refined echolocation ability, and in tightly organized schools in which they live that are made up by sound communication. In…

Asexual Reproduction in Animals Group 3 Nina Bansil Kenneth Calabia Josef Franz Cruz I. Introduction Asexual reproduction is reproduction which does not involve meiosis, ploidy reduction, or fertilization. Only one parent is involved in asexual reproduction. A more stringent definition is agamogenesis which refers to reproduction without the fusion of gametes. Asexual reproduction is the…

The Department of Overview Justice published revised final regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for This publication provides guidance on the term “service animal” and the service animal provisions in the Department’s revised regulations. Beginning on March 15, 2011, only dogs are recognized as service animals under titles II and III of the…

            In “Speciesism and the Equality of Animals” Peter Singer uses the three types of appeals – logos,  ethos, and pathos – to argue that prejudice against a species own members or those of another species is as rampant and large of a problem in society as either racism or sexism. However, his argument relies…

Not all animals have lungs. Many animals live in environments where lungs would be efficient enough for survival. Gills are another type of respiratory system, which are very efficient at removing oxygen from water: there is only 1/20 the amount of oxygen present in water as in the same volume of air. Gills greatly increase…

The Centipede Summary When Eddie saw his sister, Delia, beating his dog with a stick, he felt hate heave like a caged, angry beast in his chest. Out in the sun, the hair of his sister glinted like metal and, in her brown dress, she looked like a sheathed dagger. Bury hugged the earth and…

Whenever someone mentions having a pet, an image of furry little dogs, cats, or other little creatures that help fulfill a person’s daily lives comes to mind. What escapes thought however, is the vast number of animals that are left to roam the streets to fend for themselves and forced to fight for every meal…

1.0       Introduction Animal cruelty is an aspect of animal abuse. In simple words, animal cruelty refers to acts of violence and neglect against tame animals. The cruelty meted to animals in slaughterhouses in the United States is appalling. The way these animals are treated in slaughterhouses leaves much to be desired. Human beings are cruel…