Exploring the role of zoos in the modern age reveals a complex narrative where these institutions serve as sanctuaries for wildlife, contributing significantly to animal rehabilitation and conservation. Amidst debates on the ethical implications of zoos, it is crucial to delve into specific instances where...
Introduction The ethical debate surrounding the issue of whether animals should be kept in zoos has gained significant traction in recent years, spurred by a series of tragic incidents and ongoing discussions regarding animal welfare and safety. These incidents, ranging from intoxicated individuals entering animal...
Introduction As a child, I cherished the fond memories of visiting the zoo during school holidays, where I marveled at the magnificent creatures on display. However, those joyful experiences were overshadowed by a growing realization – the zoo was not just a place of wonder...
The topic of this essay, global warming, is a very controversial topic within the realm of science and politics in the modern world. Global warming is defined as an increase in the temperature within the Earth’s atmosphere due to an increase of greenhouse gases. The...
Introduction Animals have an inherent worth just like human beings and this value is completely deferent from how they might be seen as being useful to humans. Every being that has a will to live should be able to enjoy the right of freedom from...
For the introduction of this animal rights, I will firstly give the definition of rights as a whole. Right is a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way. As people’s rights are something that we deserve,...
There are many controversial topics on which many people may never agree on. For example politics, religion, and war are very controversial topics. A controversial topic is deforestation. Deforestation is the removal of a forest where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use....
The Bahamas are a ground of about 700 islands and 2,400 uninhabited islets and cays lying 50 mi off the east coast of Florida. Only about 30 of the islands are inhabited; the most important is New Providence (80 sq. mi; 207 sq. km), on...
Understanding the causes of the high prices in eggs is to grasp the rules in farm animal housing restrictions on chickens. People don’t think about how foods are produced, they think that everything is produced naturally. In reality, most animals are mistreated and abused in...
Wolves are a polarizing topic, with many people loving them, and many people hating them. They are very important to the ecosystem they live in, especially when acting as apex predators. In these cases, removing them can result in a trophic cascade, altering the ecosystem...
Carpooling first became prominent in the United States as a rationing tactic during World War II. The character of carpool travel has been shifting from ‘Dagwood Bumstead’ variety, in which each rider is picked up in sequence, to a ‘park and ride’ variety, where all...
By 2020, many governments around the world will have launched a campaign to stop COVID-19 from spreading. Many people have reduced their overseas activity and begun to remove themselves from the community to avoid infection as a result of the sad news about the rising...
Introduction Land Value Capture (LVC) consists of a number of different instruments which can be implemented by state to increase the land value market around a certain urban area. Some of these instruments which is associated with LVC includes strategies such as incentive zonings, development...
Coexistence can be defined the state of two or more parties existing or being together in the same environment and same time. When coexistence comes together with interaction, conflicts arise inevitably because of incompatible directions and intervention from the other parties. The biggest problem of...
The internet of things (IoT) defines everyday physical objects being connected to the internet and being able to identify themselves to other devices to exchange data amongst them. This technology is useful in enhancing the performance, monitoring and maintenance of the various systems. One of...
Introduction Ecosystems are dynamic by nature. Throughout history biomes worldwide have changed. Currently multiple dry forests are in the midst of (or have already) altering their structure and losing their function as a dry forest ecosystem (such as in Ethiopia and Ghana). Together with the...
I was indifferent on the ‘no-plastic straw’ policy as I can make do without using straws when consuming most beverages. However, reports and findings I came across about single use straws convinced me that I should be concerned. If not disposed of properly, these straws...
In Allison Funks’ “The Whooping Cranes” the relationship where humans take on an influential role in the development and subsequent life style of wild animals tends to present the reader with the generalization that places humans at a kind of tipping point. We are, instead,...
“The way a problem is defined invariably entails some statement about its origins – the question of culpability is the most prominent of all aspects of problem definition” (Rochefort & Cobb, 1994). One of the best illustrations of problem definition comes from the unfortunate story...