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Animals in Zoos and Circuses

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  " Dublin Zoo " by  Sean MacEntee  is licensed under  CC BY 2.0 . Animals Living in zoos and Circuses       When going to your city zoo as a family vacation or just a regular outing day  it  filled with excitement and curiosity, seeing all the different types of animals and animal breeds from mammals to reptiles or when going to the town circus that comes around every blue moon there's  always  a joy in the air. To see all the new tricks and performances and the most popular being the animal acts makes the crowds go wild. From seeing a tiger jump over a hoop, an elephant stand on its hind legs and dances to so many more crowd cheering acts. But when it comes to the zoo setting instead of cheering for a performance it's more of watching from afar behind the glass or from above a rail for the purpose of entertainment or curiosity.       There has been an ongoing battle when it came to the topic of how these animals that are being used for entertainment and profit relat

The Truth of Farming

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                        " End of the family farm " by  kevin dooley  is licensed under  CC BY 2.0 .                                                     The Truth of Farming When you hear the word “farm”, your mind will often go to the idea of what you think a farm looks like from what you have seen on television or the media, of a man or woman in a pair of overalls and boots with a straw hat, with a straw string hanging from their mouths, and on that farm they are milking cows and chasing chickens, but that not the case. In the sense of how a farm is actually run, milking cows and chasing chickens does not even scratch the surface.  Over the years I have had the opportunity to watch my aunt and uncle, Warren and Keisha Cameron, start out as a homesteaders which is “ a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and may also involve the small-scale production of textiles, clothing, and craft work for household use o