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100. “Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.” – Kay Redfield Jamison 101. “Children's games are hardly games.
Freedom for Animals (FFA) is the working name of the Captive Animals' Protection Society, a charity registered in England campaigning to end the display of animals in zoos, [1] [2] [3] and the use of animals in entertainment, such as circuses, the exotic pet trade and the audio-visual industry.
Some zoos, particularly petting zoos, do the opposite and actively encourage people to get involved with the feeding of the animals. [17] This, however, is strictly monitored and usually involves set food available from the zookeepers or vending machines , as well as a careful choice of which animals to feed, and the provision of hand-washing ...
The United States of America is the only country in the world that has banned killing horses for consumption, [citation needed] and India have banned killing cows for consumption in some of its states. [citation needed] Cow is the national animal of Nepal and cow slaughter is a punishable offense as per the prevailing law.
Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth independent of their utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. [2]
The Zoo was located in Regent's Park—then undergoing development at the hands of the architect John Nash. What set the London zoo apart from its predecessors was its focus on society at large. The zoo was established in the middle of a city for the public, and its layout was designed to cater for the large London population.
Each issue of Zoobooks covers a different animal or group of animals with pictures, educational diagrams, facts, and games. Zoobooks also has available online content to further explore the text. The Zoobooks brand had different content subscriptions depending on age, with Zoobooks being for children 8+, Zoodinos for ages 5+, Zootles for ages 4 ...
If I Ran the Zoo is often credited [6] [7] with the first printed modern English appearance of the word "nerd", although the word is not used in its modern context.It is simply the name of an otherwise un-characterized imaginary creature, appearing in the sentence "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo/And Bring Back an It-Kutch, a Preep, and a Proo,/A Nerkle, a Nerd, and a ...