Animal trapping

It feels good to be free doesn't it? Knowing we fought for our freedom. Among the many rights of American citizens, capturing and displaying wild animals shouldn't be on the list. (Claim) I'm not talking about injured animals in need of help or endangered species. (Qualifier) I'm talking about letting wild animals life in the wild. The animals in captivity suffer from depression and limited exercise. (Evidence) Some say the creatures live longer in captivity than in their natural environment.…

The Serval cat is a strong yet lean animal native to the savannah grasslands of Africa, south of the Sahara. The name serval comes from a Portuguese word meaning "wolf deer." Other nicknames for the serval are "bush cat" and "giraffe cat".The Serval was once also found in Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. Servals have dwindled in numbers due to human population taking over their habitat and also because of hunters and poachers. Their pelts are a high dollar commodity in several countries. It takes…

hunting and trapping season should be outlawed because other animals are being injured in the process. These days’ trappers have been catching a lot more than wolves. Some among the list include mountain lions, eagles, fishers, deer and even family pets. In January, a National Park Service employee accidentally stepped into one, just outside Glacier National Park. The next month, a dog got three of its legs caught in two different traps at once. Also, the season is risking injuries of animals…

Natural and Unnatural Causes of Wildlife Endangerment and Extinction Animal extinction is a huge epidemic that is happening faster than we ever expected. Endangered species are dying off left and right due to natural and unnatural causes. Things like poaching and global warming are constantly effecting our environment and changing the way species are living every day. All humans have a responsibility to take care of our environment, which, in turn, will help protect our species and others as…

Although Kitty criticizes Margaret’s unattractive animalistic nature, Kitty is herself equally animalistic and is represented as a bastardized animal. Nothing short of an anthropomorphized cat, Kitty, bearing her animality in her very name, wails (West 5, 7) and moans (15) incessantly like a mewing cat. In 1916, Edward Forbush described the domestic cat, which can be similarly applied to Kitty, as “the inmate of … humble homes” who has “elegance of form … [and] daintiness of habit” (7). However,…

Countless animals are dragged away from their natural environments and are forced to live as a subject of observation. In addition, they serve as amusement for the animal capturers, the human race. Over a time span of one hundred years, zoos have been a popular source of entertainment for interested human beings who are curious to learn about the various kinds of animals that the world holds. A certain question has been floating in the air for many years. “Are zoos cruel to wild animals?” The…

The Animals of India In The White Tiger, by Arvin Adiga, animal imagery is used to show the corruption of India. Adiga describes India as a jungle in order to communicate the severity of the corruption that has been taking place in India through all aspects. The entire country is corrupt, from the governments officials, police officers, to the media. The main character, Balram is portrayed as the “White tiger” to show his individuality and rare case of overcoming corruption. The white…

Animals are thought to be separate from humans. However, they both are in the animal kingdom, and even as mammals they share certain characteristics: they are vertebrates, endothermic, have body hair, and mammary glands. These characteristics are what relates animals to humans. Although, there are various aspects which distinguishes an animal from a human. Humans are self-conscious beings, who have emotions, language, a complex thought process, and philosophical thinking. These are the key…

out to prove that killing animals under nearly any circumstance is morally wrong. In “Why I am Vegan”, he lays out a multitude of different reasons which it is wrong to kill even painlessly. McPherson has several very valid and reasonable ideas however they lack any type of support as to why they should be upheld. McPherson spends a lot of the second section considering the autonomy and future of the animals; however, more importantly he compares the killing of animals to the killing of humans.…

We can not freely captive the wild animal and have them leave in a totally different living environment compare to their natural habitat. This’s action especially badly affect the animal according to the article “8 reasons orcas don’t belong at SeaWorld” by SeaWorld of Hurt states "Orcas in the wild have an average life expectancy of 30 to 50 years …the average…