Welfare state

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (Orwell 118). In Orwell’s Animal Farm, there is a recurring theme of social class disparity in the way the animals are treated on the farm. The life of the animals with Mr. Jones shows that the animals have a definite leader who mistreats the animals on a regular basis; after Mr.Jones the animals are under the impression of being equal to each other but in reality are not, and towards the end the animals are starting to realize…

There are positive and negative aspects to being an animal shelter veterinarian. The most difficult part of being an animal shelter veterinarian is dealing with the behavioral problems of the shelter animals. “Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff” supports my view that animal shelter veterinarians are required to deal with serious animal aggression and trauma. Shelter animals tend to have more behavioral problems than animals brought into a regular veterinary clinic. It is…

Element A: Presentation and Justification of the Problem The Problem On July 1, 2010, the Greenville Zoo introduced a voting kiosk for a program called Quarters for Conservation, allowing guests to vote on different wildlife projects they were passionate about and wanted to support. However two years ago, the Zoo Administrator, Jeff Bullock, had to discontinue the use of the kiosk due to issues and replace it with a simpler, wooden, rectangular box. He is not satisfied with the new design and…

When it comes to animal control, you just can't be too careful. In populated areas, raccoons can be especially dangerous, and they certainly do cause a big mess if you let them roam free in your area. Getting rid of raccoons can be difficult, but there are some things you can do to help mitigate the problem. If you think you have raccoon problems in your area, follow these steps. » Contact an animal control expert - Remember that animal control goes beyond pest control, so it is better to have…

Drug shortages have been happening more often within the Veterinary Medicine field. 65% of US households or about 79.7 million families own a pet, whether it is a cat, dog, horse, etc. According to the 2015-2016 National Pet Owner Survey, this is up from 56% of US households in 1988 which was the first year the survey was conducted. When there is a drug shortage, many clinics and private practices lose business and patients. Many animals have to be put down due to lack of the medicine they need…

Interesting Facts 1. Ellen DeGeneres graduated high school from Atlanta High in May, 1976 after moving from Metairie, Louisiana to Atlanta, Texas. She moved with her mom after she divorced, but soon got remarried to her stepfather. 2. One of Ellen DeGeneres’s first movies was a movie called “Mr. Wrong” where she played one of the lead roles named Martha Alston, who was looking for her Mr. Right, but soon after finding him, she realizes that instead he is Mr. Wrong. 3. Ellen DeGeneres loves…

It must be stopped before it brings more terrible results. One important reason to ban factory farming is that it is cruel to animals. Animals that are not needed in the farming industry are destroyed. The website www.organicconsumers.org states, “Mercy for Animals filmed the gruesome deaths of thousands of male chicks at a single facility, ground up alive because the egg industry has no use for them. All over the internet and the news, the video shocked millions of people who had no idea…

Introduction This is a reflection is based on an interview with a twenty two year old female international student. I formulated my questions using the sociological template (Germov & Williams, 2009) to address historical, cultural, structural and critical factors that have impacted on her previous and current diet and food choices and I will compare them to my own. Her name has been changed for privacy reasons and the interview questions are located in appendix 1. Sociological dietary and food…

Public dog parks shouldn't be build in the cities! Having a pet is a privillage not a necceserity. Therefore impossing taxpayers to pay for park that not alot people would use, it's wrong.Why waste space of land building a dog park, when it can actually be a children's park.Builing a dog park is expensive nor less a fence one, why not use the money for the community in other things that is needed in.I don't have a dog but i do have other animals, so to me thats a wasted of money and time.…

There are many reasons to why . Animal cruelty is like any other form of violence . Its often committed by a person who feels weak or powerless in everyday life. Someone who is cruel to animals is usually being hurt and or abused too and so felling that felling they want others to feel their pain too . Despite the laws people still treat their pets badly . We should have the city come out and secretly check on the pets while the owner is not home . Animals cant defend their self's because…