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In February 2009, Charla Nash was viciously attacked by her employer's chimpanzee while attempting to help get him back into the house, losing both of her hands and most of her face. She filed a strict liability claim against Sandra Herold, her employer and Travis' owner. For the first time in its history, the Superior Court of Connecticut ruled on the liability attaching to the owner of a wild animal that causes injury to another and subsequently allowed the personal injury claim to proceed.…

Did you know that 7,000 snake bites are reported annually in the US and fifteen result in a death. I Think that keeping exotic animals as pets is not good for you or the animal. Keeping exotic animals is not good for your safety and health. Keeping an exotic pet can ruin the environment. First, exotic animals are really dangerous to your safety. Every animal with teeth can bite. Cute animals like bunnies can easily bite off a finger, they’re very cute but really dangerous to your safety .Even…

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.…

People say animal captive is dangerous to the animal. People say zoos are better for animals because it keeps the population of that animal up that way it doesn’t go extinct, but i think the animals should be the wild unless they are tameable animals like dogs, cats, and horses. When the animals are in the zoos they can get small area to climb, fly, swim, roam, or run. If the animals in the zoos were in the wild they can mate, find food, or find water on their own. I have three reasons, why it…

It is very common for folks to get a pot belly pig as a pet. In fact, for people who want to have a different kind of pet, this kind of pig is a really popular choice. Yet, some of you may find it a bit difficult to take care of it. It is very true that taking care of pigs is not that easy. Here are 5 tips for you so that you can take care of it easier. Tips To Take Care Of Your Pot Belly Pig #1 There are some people who think that there will be some bad smells when you have a pig at your home…

Lemurs life time Lemurs live in the island areas like, “madagascar and comoros”. They live in this area because of the temperature it is hot and dry there and it has a lot of trees there.”Most lemurs inhabit trees most of the time”. Ringed tailed lemurs love trees because well they are monkeys.They have” black and white rings or stripes on their tail and has gray soft smooth fur, and has a white circle on their stomach.” “They have a black snout and two black circles around there eyes and the…

There are 471 giraffes in the U.S. but only 95 zoos that have giraffes. There are not enough zoos for so many giraffes. I think that we should either construct bigger cages, more zoos, giraffe sanctuaries, or send some giraffes back to the savanna in Africa. Did you know that giraffes live for about 25-30 years? Giraffes are big animals and need space. Having too many giraffes in a small enclosed space is harmful to their development. The possibility for the animals to roam over miles of…

Thesis statement: Because Zoos are incompetent animals get treated badly, trafficked and killed Body paragraph #1 Animals are not created equal, therefore people think they can treat them as puppets for human entertainment. The major problem with zoos is that animals who lived there are kept in enclosures that do not allow them to live in a natural way. Nomatter how big zoos try to make their enclosures ,nomatter how many branches are put in their enclosures ,nomatter how many beautiful printing…

Pre-Benchmark Essay Rough Draft Imagine if you were a slave and if you were not acting as your owner wanted they pulled out teeth and fingernails.That's the reality for exotic pets in our present day. There is somewhere over a million exotic animals in the U.S. only a few thousands are in zoos. When I say exotic I mean animals from other countries, mostly wild. Such animals would be tigers, lions and other big cats. Or other animals from other countries like a platypus from Australia, or a…

There are 53 species in the family Boidae, which is divided into 3 subfamilies. Most boas are placed in the subfamily Boinae (Indiviglio). The Boa Constrictor can exceed up to 13 feet in length. Boa Constrictors are very diverse, they can be found in many portions of North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean. Among these species we can find treetop dwellers, confirmed burrowers, aquatic species, and general savannas, deserts, and rainforests. These nocturnal animals are…