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I PICKED THE TOPIC ANIMALS: OUR FRIENDS BECAUSE I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WE HAVE RESPECT FOR ANIMALS. IN MY SPEECH I'LL TELL YOU SOME OF THE WAYS WE, AS HUMANS, HURT ANIMALS AND HOPEFULLY HELP YOU SEE HOW WE CAN CHANGE THIS.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HUNTING FIRST. HUNTING IN NORTHERN ONTARIO AND CANADA IS USUALLY QUITE DIFFERENT THAN HUNTING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. HERE WE HUNT ANIMALS SUCH AS BEAR, DEER AND MOOSE. HUNTING KEEPS THEIR NUMBERS PRETTY MUCH EVEN EVERY YEAR. IF HUNTING THESE ANIMALS WERE TO STOP THEIR POPULATION WOULD INCREASE AND THEIR WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH FOOD FOR THEM.

IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD ANIMALS ARE BEING HUNTED TO EXTINCTION. EVEN THE BLACK BEAR IN AMERICA HAS BEEN OVERHUNTED. THESE ANIMALS ARE HUNTED BECAUSE THEIR FUR OR BODY PARTS CAN BE SOLD FOR A LOT OF MONEY. THIS IS DONE WITHOUT CONCERN FOR THESE ANIMALS AND MUST STOP BEFORE WE LOSE THEM FOREVER.

MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT ANIMALS ARE NOT SMART AND HAVE NO FEELINGS. WE ARE AFRAID OF SOME BUT WHEN A BEAR OR A TIGER OR A DOG OR ANY OTHER ANIMALS ATTACKS IT IS OUT OF FEAR. THEY ARE PROTECTING THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR HOMES, THE SAME AS OUR HUMAN PARENTS WOULD DO FOR US IF THEY HAD TO. MANY ANIMALS ARE VERY SMART. THE AMERICAN NAVY HAS TRAINED DOLPHINS AS UNDERWATER SPIES AND MESSENGERS FOR THE PAST FIFTY YEARS!! JANE GOODALL HAS STUDIED CHIMPANZEES FOR YEARS AND IT IS HARD TO ARGUE WITH ALL HER RESEARCH. SHE HAS SHOWN US THEY CAN THINK, FIGURE OUT PROBLEMS, HAVE FRIENDS AND SHOW MANY DIFFERENT FEELINGS. DIANE FOSSEY TAUGHT US THE SAME THINGS ABOUT MOUNTAIN GORILLAS. UNFORTUNATELY, SHE WAS KILLED FOR PROTECTING THEM BY HUNTERS WHO WANTED THEIR BODY PARTS TO SELL AND THEIR BABIES FOR ZOOS.
ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF ANIMAL FEELINGS IS THE REACTION OF AN ELEPHANT WHEN IT SEES ANOTHER ELEPHANT DEAD. IT WILL KICK UP IT'S FRONT LEGS AND TRUMPET A VERY LOUD, SAD NOISE. WHETHER IT IS SHOWING STRONG FEAR OR GREAT SADNESS THERE IS NO MISTAKING IT HAS STRONG FEELINGS.

VERY IMPORANTLY, WE MUST THINK ABOUT OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS AS WE DESTROY OUR ENVIRONMENT. RECYCLING, REDUCING POLLUTION - ALL OF THESE THINGS, WILL HELP SAVE OUR HOMES AND THEIRS. ANIMALS ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES EVERYDAY BECAUSE WE ARE DESTROYING THEIR HABITATS. LET'S STOP BEFORE WE LOSE THEM FOREVER.
ANIMALS ARE AMAZING IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, THEIR BEHAVIOUR, THEIR ACTS, THEIR PLAY. LET'S NOT DESTROY ANYMORE OF THEM.
AND FINALLY, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT ALL LIFE WAS CREATED BY GOD AND WE SHOULD RESPECT ALL LIFE THE WAY WE RESPECT EACH OTHER.
THANK YOU.