Marine-Mammal Shows: Harmful to both Animals and People A famous dolphin trainer gave up his career which could have brought him both wealth and prosperity and became a free-the-dolphins activist instead. His name is Richard O’Barry and he is now struggling to conserve the rights of marine animals‚ especially dolphins. He was motivated by the fact that his precious dolphin (in the movie “Flipper”) that he once trained committed suicide in front of him‚ which shows one of the many problematic aspects
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Personal Narrative-Florida Trip Have you ever been to the rich‚ sandy beaches of Indian Rocks Beach‚ Florida? Getting there needs to be a priority for your family. It’s absolutely gorgeous! So many memories were made on this dream come true vacation with my own family. My most cherished memory while in Florida was of course‚ the spectacular beach. Come on‚ who doesn’t love a Florida beach? With this being my very first time ever in the ocean‚ it was absolutely breathtaking. The warm‚ salty
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When the word dolphin comes to mind what do you think of? Seaworld? Flipper? or what about tuna? What most people don’t think about is Dolphins helping the United States Navy. Since 1950’s dolphins have been trained in captivity to assist the navy with important missions. The Navy also has done research with dolphins to help better understand the way this animal lives in its environment and to see how to protect it. This program is called Navy Marine Mammal Program(NMMP).This program turns heads
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American Barn Owl The American Barn Owl‚ Tyto Furcata‚ are one of the many species that the Tyto Alba (Barn Owl) encompass. These birds belong in the Animalia kingdom and are part of the Chordata phylum. They are very distinctive owls‚ due to their colouring and large‚ round heads with flat‚ heart-shaped faces. Male barn owls have a lighter colouring compared to the females who are more distinctive due to their darker feathers and speckling on the chest. The barn owls are relatively small‚ weighing
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named Stephanie James was crushed to death by an elephant. The African elephant‚ weighing approximately 8‚000 pounds‚ overpowered James with its humungous body and crushed her into the steel wall within the elephants stall. On February 24‚ 2010 at SeaWorld in Orlando‚ Florida‚ 40 year old Dawn Brancheau was killed while she was performing with a whale‚ as the audience
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Characteristics. (2005). Retrieved December 7‚ 2011‚ from orca-zone: http://www.orca-zone.com/aboutorcas/index.html Barry‚ J. (2010‚ August 26). Killer is prized‚ feared‚ stressed: Life won ’t change much for Tilikum‚ the orca that drowned a trainer at Seaworld. St Petersburg Times . St Petersburg‚ FL‚ United States. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/docview/264384772/1338068E48F8B67489/1?accountid=35812 Bohn‚ G. (2011‚ November 28). Killer whales and captivity; What threat
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Be Wild | Peter Singer | Comment Is Free | Guardian.co.uk." Latest News‚ Sport and Comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. 8 Mar. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/mar/08/wild-animals-captivity-seaworld-orca>. "Zoos: Imprisonment or Preservation?" The Whyville Times. 4 July 2003. Web. 19 Nov. 2011. <http://j.whyville.net/smmk/whytimes/article?id=2941>.
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Running head: WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE Work Breakdown Structure Clarita Vaughn IP2 6/21/09 Work Breakdown Structure I’m currently planning a great family vacation for the Vaughn family. They are planning to travel to Orlando‚ Florida in July. I will present the family with the work breakdown structure (WBS). The WBS is the tool I will use to define and group the project’s task in a way that help keeps it organized. Once reviewing this part of my project and their trip they will
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The name of the book that I read was Behind the Dolphin Smile written by Richard O’Barry and Keith Coulbourn. It has 288 pages‚ and was Published July 7th 2000 by Renaissance Books (first published September 1st 1991). Behind the Dolphin Smile is a book that is based on the true story of a dolphin trainer that was holding the dolphin that played Flapper on TV in his arms as it died of stressed. It was then that he realized that his career training dolphins had been a mistake and that dolphins deserve
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Animals should not be kept in captivity at zoos Many of us have been to a zoo at least once in our lives before. Zoos are premises for the captivity of animals‚ where they are studied and displayed for the public to see. Have you ever stopped to think of the trauma that the animal went through while being taken from its family and its home‚ to be locked behind a cage for the rest of his life? Do you remember leaving the zoo that day knowing a whole lot more about animals than you did before? Although
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