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Animal testing was revived in Greece about 2300 years ago; however, it became widely used only from 1850 (Understanding animal research, 2015). After this time, many breakthroughs were made such as insulin for diabetics, hepatitis C vaccine and medicine for epilepsy, which have saved countless number of animals’ and humans’ lives (AMP, 2015). Today, we have developed many alternatives to animal testing, thanks to new technologies, which are used to develop and test new medicine and treatments;…

Imagine a world without vaccines, antibodies or even organ transplants. These are few out of the many medical wonders that resulted from animal testing. Animal testing has been around since the 500 B.C. It has contributed to humanity dramatically and made a huge impact on our lifestyle. As technology advances many argue that animal testing should not be used for biomedical research because it is humane, the truth of the matter is animal testing have and continues to contribute to not just…

The squinted eyes gawked at me through the thick shrubs. In a flash of shock and terror, I swiftly turned around, only to be greeted with the rough surface of a pine tree. I had nowhere to go. In the grip of panic, fear shivered down my spine as my heart began to beat wildly. I have lost any sense of my surrounding as all the tension flooded my mind, turning my brain into a mental soup of conflicting instructions. Dread creeped down my spine like an ominous spider leaving a trail of silk. I feel…

1. Summary of review from the New York Times for the movie, La La Land, published on December 8, 2016 A.O. Scott from the New York Times reviewed La La Land starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling on December 8, 2016. As this movie centers a story about a musician and an aspiring actress who fall in love in Los Angeles, Scott thought that La La Land “succeeds both as a fizzy fantasy and a hard-headed fable, a romantic comedy and a showbiz melodrama, a work of sublime artifice and touching…

Aging is an unavoidable part of life that begins at conception and ends with death. According to our text book, “Aging & Diversity” aging is defined as “the developmental process that occurs as a person lives over time”. The aging process differs from person to person ranging from people who are fairly independent with minor health issues to people who are completely dependent with major health issues. The person that I chose to interview is an Asian American woman who is a very dear friend of…

The act of animal testing for biomedical research began as early as 500 BC. The known people who had started this were Aristotle and Erasistratus. They performed experiments on living animals. A Greek physician named Galen, who lived from 129-199/217 AD, conducted research on animals to understand studies such as anatomy and pharmacology. A man named Ibn Zuhr was an Arab physician in twelfth century Moorish Spain. He introduced animal testing as a way of practicing medical procedures before…

Bane asks, “Can we go to the Reptile House?” Maisie says, “I want to buy a zoovenier!” I say, “I’m cold!” Kyran says he will take us to see the lizards and to buy zooveniers, but first we have to tickle Michael. “It’s justice,” he says, so we all pile on top of Michael while he lies there not saying or doing anything. We tickle him some, but it isn’t any fun because Michael is balled up on the ground like a big baby. Finally, Indie says that the shop is going to close in a couple of…

“If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn 't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit 's eyes, they should throw it in Charles Manson 's eyes and ask him if it hurts,” said comedian Ellen DeGeneres in My Point... And I Do Have One, her humorous reflection on her life. Though Ellen DeGeneres makes a hyperbolic point, she questions the ethicality of animal…

Animals Behind Bars Chances are if a person has swam with dolphins, fed a giraffe, or interacted with a whale, they were visiting a zoo or aquarium (Hulick 1). Children that are involved in these activities are often jubilant and engrossed by tons of animals as they stroll through zoos all around the world. What they are not aware of is that these animals are not elated or healthy being restrained in these zoos. Circuses, zoos, and other sanctuaries harm animals just to entertain people around…

In recent year, there are lots of studies and researches about different impacts of the tourism industry. Tourism is defined as “the sum of phenomena and relationships arising from the travel & stay of non residents” (French, Craig-Smith, Collier (2000) p.8). The activities that take place in a particular tourist destination could produce a number of impacts on different environments. Some of the main environments that tourism operates in could be economic, cultural, social and the natural…