Essays and Research Papers on Zoology

This 13 page paper takes the book “Chimpanzee Politics” by Frans de Waal as a springboard for answering five questions about the chimps described in the book, and how their behavior can be related to human behavior. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

6 pages in length. Humans often forget they are not the only living beings who have the ability to communicate both within and outside of their own species. This oversight causes considerable frustration on the humans' part inasmuch as they fail to understand what animals are "saying" to them through other means beyond ...

A 6 page paper which argues against animal research. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

3 pages in length. Animal cruelty is an extension of humanity's unwillingness to extend compassion and respect to the entire kingdom of sentient creatures. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the giant panda and river otter, two endangered species. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

In ten pages this paper discusses how animals think and communicate and the correlation that exists between language and thinking, the gestured communications of apes, the shared human and animal capacity for language, and the impact of socialization on language complexity. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.

This 3 page paper discusses Frederick Lynch’s article about the huge amount of money he spent to save his cat Felix, and argues that it’s his money to do with as he pleases but even more importantly, Felix is a friend and there’s no price too high when it comes to saving a friend’s life. ...

This 15 page paper argues that people who abuse animals find ways to justify their actions; it also suggests a link between human and animal abuse. It also argues that there is no reason to continue testing on animals in the hope of curing human disease. Finally, it discusses dogfighting, cockfighting and pet overpopulation as ...

This 3 page paper explores Frederick Lynch’s article about the money he spent on his pet cat Fritz, and argues that since Fritz could not give his consent to the treatment, Lynch had to do what he felt was best. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper reviews eight different species of animals, classifying them by Order and comparing them to other species in that Order. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In five pages this paper considers the practice of rampant consumerism and mass production of animals for food from an ethical perspective with references made to Peter Singer’s essay “Down on the Factory Farm.” Also discussed are the practices associated with the corporate or factory farming of pigs, chicken, cattle, and dairy cows as ...

This 3 page paper discusses the frog and perch and their importance in the animal kingdom. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses how and why humans are able to communicate with such animals as dogs and primates. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

An 8 page paper which examines African dogs in relationship to tame and wild and what the differences are. 2 pages of annotated bibliography are included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

3 pages in length. Humans like to think they are the only members of the animal kingdom with any semblance of innate ethical behavior, however, de Waal effectively illustrates just the opposite in his studies of nonhuman primates and how they approach conflict resolution. Indeed, man's evolutionary cousins exhibit a whole host of ...

A 4 page paper. More than 20 percent of all livestock 'farms' are Confined Animal Feeding Operations. These 'farms' can have thousands of livestock animals crammed into such small spaces, they cannot move. This paper discusses the public health impacts of these operations. It identifies some of the many illnesses and diseases humans are contracting ...

In a paper of four pages, the author writes about the Fennec Fox. The author of this paper discusses the vulpes zerda and goes into details about the species. There are three sources cited in this paper.

In a paper of four pages, the author writes about the Fennec Fox. The author of this paper discusses the vulpes zerda and goes into details about the species. There are three sources cited in this paper.