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BREED BAN
ZOOS
TRAINING
ANIMALS IN RESEARCH
100
This ending on a website address means that the source is a recognized educational institution.
What is .edu
100
The title of Drayton Michaels' movie that he produced to educate the public about Pit Bulls and Breed Ban Legislation
What is The Pit Bull Hoax
100
This website provides information and updates in legislation on Canadian zoos and animal parks.
What is www.zoocheck.com
100
These animals, commonly thought to be public nuisances or carriers of disease, are now kept as pets by some, and are highly trainable, including doing agility courses and drug detection for police in the Netherlands
What are rats?
100
This animal was the first recipient of an organ transplant
What is a dog
200
Statements such as "There is never a good reason for declawing a cat" or "Circus trainers are harsh and the animals all live in terrible conditions" are examples of this type of speech.
What is hyperbole
200
This law uses the definition below to define this animal. "It is defined as a pit bull terrier, Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, American pit bull terrier or a dog that has an appearance and physical characteristics that are substantially similar to any of the aforementioned dogs."
What is the definition of a 'pit bull' under Ontario's DOLA?
200
The name of this organization is sometimes shortened to its acronym, C.A.Z.A.
What is Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums
200
This term may only be properly used by a person who is board certified by the veterinary college, or is accredited with the Animal Behavior Society
What is a Behaviorist or an Applied Animal Behaviorist?
200
This country both requires that any new drug be tested on at least two different species of live mammal, one of which must be a large non-rodent, yet also insists that no animal experiments be conducted if there is a realistic alternative.
What is Great Britain
300
A study sponsored by an animal rights group examined 10 different labs and found that in 33% of the labs, animals were poorly housed and suffering, and in 66% of the labs, animals were housed properly. An anti-testing website runs a headline saying "More than a third of animals in labs suffer from inhumane housing conditions" A pro-testing source challenges 2 things about the study that may impact its credibility. They are...
What are the study's sponsor and the small population sample
300
Where the primary source of money comes from to pay for enforcement of Breed Specific Legislation.
What are taxes paid by citizens
300
A non-profit agency that oversees animal welfare in Ontario. It has no legislative or legal powers to enact laws.
What is The OSPCA
300
'E-collar', 'slip collar' and 'pinch collar' are common euphemisms for these three training devices.
What is a shock collar, a choke chain and a prong collar
300
These animals have played a large role in developing a vaccine for Hepatitis B, and represent a 'best hope' for finding a vaccine for Hepatitis C, a disease that kills 15k Americans a year.
What are chimpanzees
400
Yvette Van Veen uses this three word training technique in her article to illustrate the dangers of pseudoscience.
What is Purple Hat Therapy
400
According to Drayton Michaels, these two breeds of dogs were labeled as aggressive and targeted as undesirable during and after World War ll. They are still stigmatized and assumed to be aggressive by many people.
What are the Doberman Pinscher and the German Shepherd
400
Frequently recognized as a killer whale most likely to be successfully rehabilitated and released, she is the last surviving orca of about 45 members of the Southern Resident community who underwent a brutal capture that killed several others.
Who is Lolita (or Tokitae, as advocates prefer to call her)
400
In contrast with its American counterpart, this organization has no position statements on dog training on its website, while the American organization has 12
What is the CAPPDT (Canadian Association of Professional Pet Dog Trainers)
400
These animals, now listed as endangered, are dying off in part due to chlamydia. New vaccines are being tested on them to help stop the disease's progress and reverse the trend.
What are koalas
500
Identified in YVV's article as flawed associations, for example, Someone bitten by a particular breed of dog assumes that all dogs of that breed are aggressive.
What is illusory correlation?
500
Thanks in part to Drayton Michaels' work, this U.S. state overturned its breed ban legislation last summer, after finding that the enforcement was costly and there was no significant impact on dog bites or fatalities due to dog attacks
What is Ohio
500
According to Jeffery Hyson, fewer and fewer zoos, including Toronto, are exhibiting these animals, due to social, ethical and animal welfare concerns.
What are Elephants?
500
A trainer who identifies him/herself as a positive trainer, typically uses which two quadrants of instrumental conditioning ?
What is positive reinforcement and negative punishment
500
This animal makes up approximately 74% of animal testing.
What are mice