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To What Extent was the Exclusion or Inclusion of Freedom Perceived in Capitalists, Native Americans, and African Americans? In 1890, the population of the United States of America was 62 million, causing a shift in the balance of order and power within society.1 For the purpose of this essay, “freedom” will be defined as the combination of economic independence, social equality, and political equality. After 1776, the series of events including the Civil War and expansion of the United States…

Integral Pros and Cons of Animal Experimentation). Proponents also argue that animal testing not only benefits humans, but the animals as well (16 Integral Pros and Cons of Animal Experimentation). Vaccines have been developed for rabies, hepatitis, anthrax, and feline leukemia (16 Integral Pros and Cons of Animal Experimentation). The truth is, millions of animal lives are needlessly wasted to get to the benefits of research (16 Integral Pros and Cons of Animal Experimentation). Research…

The immune system can be very perplexing, one minute you're enjoying a fun day outdoor and the next minute, you're wheezing and having trouble breathing. Discovering the causes of allergic reactions can help people become more aware of and cure their diseases. This is similar to what allergists and immunologist do in their everyday routine. Allergists and immunologists are physicians that specialize in the treatment of allergic, asthmatic, and immunologic diseases. They partake in the activities…

Albert Einstein once said, “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” While he died during the earlier years of the Cold War, a decades-long conflict that never led to any combat but did cause intense strain, competition, and espionage between the two global superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, his statement proved to be remarkably prescient. David Hoffman structures his whole book on the horrifically…

One relatively recent cause of the sharp decline in ape populations deals with poaching and kidnapping. The Great Ape Survival Partnership or (GASP) is an aid organization created by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). The purpose of the GASP is to protect apes and their habitats. Their website provides a wealth of information regarding the struggle of our closest living relatives and efforts made to turn back the tide of extinction. Over the past decade, there has been a…

Renee Reed Mrs. Williamson English I 20 November 2017 Why Animal Testing is Wasteful In the past 100 years, the California Biomedical Research Association says, almost all medical developments are a denouement of testing that involves animals (“Animal Testing”). And, although this may be true, the question still remains: was (and is) there any alternative to testing of this nature and is it morally right to use animals in testing? To delve into this issue, one must analyze the logistics of…

Recent historians are now under the belief that the Black Death was a form of anthrax or even similar to Ebola. It initially presented itself in Sicily in in 1349, and traveled its way west to central Asia. Very quickly, the fatal disease had spread all over Western Europe and Northern Africa. Within two more years, it reached its…

Animal Rights Tilikum was the first owned whale in the Sealand of the Pacific aquarium that was isolated from the other orcas in his own pool; Tilikum was taken from his natural habitat as an adult, and suddenly was forced to make a dramatic change to being in an isolated pool. Because of this dramatic change, it caused Tilikum stress, depression from being alone, and anxiety from being in an enclosed tank instead of having a free amount of miles to roam. This unfair treatment leads to Tilikum…

What do you think about when you think of animal testing? Do you think of scientists in lab coats torturing animals? Do you think about animals suffering in small cages? Or, do you think of animals helping to fight diseases? Does your mind picture animals being protected by many regulations? Animal testing is one of the most controversial topics today. However, with the astounding biomedical advancements that animal testing has helped with, the many regulations that keep tested animals safe,…

ANIMAL TESTING AND EXPERIMENTATION Vioxx was tested to have a protective effect on hearts of animals, but it caused more than 27,000 heart attacks and cardiac deaths before it was pulled off of the shelf. Animal testing and Experimentation According to humane society international (2015), every year more than 100 million animals are killed in the U.S laboratories for testing and experimentation. The most common animals used for testing are mice, fish, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters,…