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ANIMAL CRUELTY

What Is Animal Cruelty and How Can We Stop it For Good?

Presented by Kleio Sarri, B5

Τι είναι η σκληρότητα των ζώων και πώς μπορούμε να την σταματήσουμε για πάντα;

Παρουσιάζει η Κλειώ Σαρρή, Β5

Animal cruelty is real and pervasive. It happens to all different types of animals and in every corner of the world. It’s also preventable and unnecessary.

Every 60 seconds, an animal gets abused. That’s inconceivable, especially in our advanced culture, but animal cruelty continues to occur all over the world.

Animal cruelty can take many different forms, as you’ll discover below, but the impact is always the same. A sentient animal capable of love and creating social relationships experience pain, fear, and desperation. And it needs to stop.

We live in a world that not only turns a blind eye to animal cruelty but condones it — whether through indifference or legislation. It’s legal to raise chickens in deplorable conditions for the sole purpose of slaughtering them later. If that isn’t animal cruelty, then what is?

The problem is that there aren’t enough people fighting for animal rights. If everyone started to look at animals — and not just dogs and cats — as fellow animals who share our planet, we would see far fewer cases of cruelty toward animals.

First, though, we have to spread awareness. What is animal cruelty? What does it look like? And how can we stop contributing to it?

ANIMAL LIFE

Dolphins

Presented by Marianna Barbari, B2

The dolphin is fish-shaped and reaches 2-3m. It weighs about 200 kg. It is covered by hard shiny leather, ash-green on the back and light silver on the belly. His head, which is rather small, joins the rest of the body without a neck and results in a pointed nose, resembling a bird's beak. His mouth is very large and is armed with 150 - 200 one centimeter long teeth each. Between his little eyes he has two holes, the blowers, the nostrils, which serve him breathing. It breathes with lungs and not with gills like fish. So he pulls his head out every 2 - 3 minutes above the surface of the water and breathes ambient air. It has two wings in the shape of a sickle, one on the back and one on the tail. Both these fins and the thick layer of fat underneath the skin that makes it lighter make dolphin skillful and fast in swimming. It can run 50 km per hour. That's why they call it a "sea horse". Dolphins are marine mammals. The life span of dolphins reaches an average of 70 years.

GREAT MONUMENTS

5 Wonderful Monuments

From All Over the World

Presented by Anna Tryfona, B5

The world is beautiful! Let’s look at some of the most beautiful monuments.

National Park Iguazou, Brazil: Backdrop of lush forest in Iguazu Park dominates the incredibly impressive circular waterfall that borders Argentina Brazil with a diameter of about 300 meters and 80 meters high. The park hosts wildlife from curious butterflies to alligators and jaguars.

LOSING WEIGHT

10 TIPS FOR  LOSING WEIGHT FAST

Written by: Marianna Barbari,Β2

1. Increase your physical activity. You don't have to go to the gym. You can start walking, dancing at home or just not taking the elevator.

2. Reduce liquid calories. Reduce sugar in coffee or replace it with a non-calorie sweetener (eg stevia or aspartame). If you drink soft drinks it's time to consume their light version.

PAROS PARK-CULTURAL VENUE

Paros Park

                                                                      Written by: Vasiliκι-Melina Merτzanis, B2

·    Paros Park has many activities per year. Some of these are triathlon and movie screening during the summer. Also various events such as dance performances take place at the Archilochos Amphitheater almost every year. The theater was named after the great Parian poet of antiquity, Archilochos. The area features a cafeteria on the

shore and a restaurant with a variety of flavors with recent additions of delicious cooked and grilled foods and sweets. Monastiri Beach as it is called, is a long, sandy and shallow beach protected by the north wind and an ideal choice for safe swimming, water sports and beach games. The beach is organized and offers sun beds and umbrellas for optional rental.