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According to Emma Ross in “ Dogs able to smell cancer” Exactly 27 years ago two English dermatologists found a case of a woman who had a cancerous mole on her leg. The women described it when her dog sniffed the mole and tried to bite it when she was wearing shorts. The mole ended up being a deadly skin cancer and the dog saved her life. After many other cases of this happened and it started the idea of Animals can help detect and find the cure to cancer. Animals such as dogs, naked mole rats,…

Liam Murphy take three I get home and here that the lawn mower is running in the back yard. My grandpa usually mows the lawn but when I went to go see who was on the lawn mower it was not my grandpa. It was no one other than Liam Murphy. He sees me and smiles and waves. I smile and wave, then walk away. I go into the house and go find my grandpa and I ask him " why is Liam Murphy mowing our lawn?" Then my grandpa says " I paid him because I am getting older and I just can't do it…

Animals are as important as people. They’re loving, caring, and nurturing just like us. They deserve better than what we give them. Every year millions of sea mammals get injured or stuck in debri fishermen leave behind. Caught in fishing line, stuck in a net, and wrapped in ropes these creatures are helpless. They deserve our help before they go extinct. This is where the Marine Mammal Center comes in to help. Located in Sausalito CAlifornia just north of San Francisco the Marine Mammal Center…

In about a week from now my dorm mates and I will be recieving a pair of two year old guinea pigs, Pumpkin and Ginger. My mom has had these two guinea pigs for the past year or so and she recently decided that she didn’t want them --- as the has habituated with her pets of the past. She had previously promised my dorm mates and I one of her six cats, but going back on her word she decided she would bestow upon us her guinea pigs instead, we decided we’ll take what we can get. So in preparation…

Wandering cats or cats without a permanent home are considered to be a massive problem in almost all over the world. Stray cats maintain a very harsh life and do not live for a long period of time. These cats are likely to pact and spread diseases. Hunger may lead to kill them along with other small creatures such as birds or mice. As they also recreate new stray kittens because of the fact that most of them are not neutered or sterilized. Helping stray or homeless cats can be resolved by…

the usual answer of the dog has allergies and could either give her shots (expensive) or try a cream/lotion. We decided to go to the pet store and get some spray that is supposed to stop them from chewing and soothe the itching. It did help a little but as soon as it dried, she would be back to chewing again. So we started researching what might be cause our Mini Schnauzer to chew on herself.…

The organization of which I have been employed for 6 years is the Humane Animal Rescue. Previously known as the Western PA Humane Society, our organization recently merged with the Animal Rescue League to create one large non profit. The merge has been difficult for many of the managers from both locations as they work to combine policies and procedures. Each day I work very closely with the medical manager, Dara, who I report to as a veterinary technician. As the medical manager, Dara has many…

Aesop’s Fables Folio A 600-metre race is conducted between the cat, dog and hedgehog to determine which animal can run the distance the fastest. The aim of the investigation is to identify the characteristics of animals’ races and in the final analysis, the results of the initial, semi-final and gold medal races. The cat follows a quadratic line with the equation . The dog’s path follows a cubic line with the equation . The hedgehog follows a linear path with the equation . These graphs can be…

The cartoon Tweetie Pie in 1947 saw the introduction of another pair Looney Tunes characters in the form of Tweety and Sylvester. Since then, there are three things that viewers would usually expect in every cartoon that featured the tiny canary and his feline predator: 1.) Sylvester's goal of eating Tweety which was frequently quelled, thanks to the presence of either Granny or her bulldog, Hector. In some episodes, an army of bulldogs or another feline predator did the job. 2.) Tweety's…

with the humans and their domesticized pets. At first the dog and cats welcomed the rabbits with open arms, dazzled at their beauty, but the rabbits grew jealous that any other creature would receive more attention than them. So, once more they manipulated the humans to turn against those with less beauty against them. “We are more beautiful than dogs or cats,” the rabbits declared. “They are ugly creatures.” In consequence, millions of dogs and cats were thrown out from the warm homes into…