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  • This house would ban the capturing and ownership of Pokémon.

    Infoslide

    Pokémon are sentient animal like creatures that have special powers that allow them to do things such as breath fire use telekinetic powers have super strength etc. Currently humans can capture Pokémon to keep them as pets to use in the labour market and to battle each other as one of their many uses. To capture a Pokémon a person uses a special 'Pokéball' to contain them. If a Pokémon is strong enough it can break out of the ball.

    Imperial Schools 2021 · Silver Final · 2021-03-20

  • This house supports the development and use of gene drives

    Infoslide

    A 'gene drive' is a genetic modification designed to spread through an animal or plant population at higher-than-normal rates of inheritance. It is done by making the edited gene a 'dominant' one so that it is inherited by the majority of that species in a few generations. Tools used include CRISPR.

    Heritage Parliamentary Debate · Open Semis · 2021-03-06

  • This house if given the option Prefers life on the farm.

    Infoslide

    Oh no! A powerful hyper technologically advanced race of alien beings have taken control of the earth. Any formal organized resistance has been crushed by the new leaders of earth. All nations have fallen and remaining humans live a desperate but free life outside of the control of aliens. All other human life lives in a containment facility called 'The Farm'. 'The Farm' is a community run by aliens where humans live out a brief period of life (around 20-25 years) in relative luxury. Food housing and some pleasure comforts are cared for but all activities are under the strict control of the aliens who run the farm. Once humans are at their prime age they are painlessly killed and harvested for meat which is considered a delicacy by the alien society.

    Western High School Fall Debate Tournament 2021 · Junior Final · 2021-03-06

  • Janice lives with her husband John and their cat Felix. While their relationship started of well, they do not love each other anymore and are constantly fighting. They are mainly together due to the fact they own their house together and divorce would be 'difficult'. All of Janice's joy in life is their cat Felix. She loves the cat dearly and uses the money she gains from her late-shift job to pamper the pet with everything fancy. One day after working into the late night Janice returns to find her house on fire and after calling the fire fighters she tries to rush inside. She knows John is asleep on the second floor and won't be woken up by yelling, while she hears Felix meowing from the basement. With the fire growing quickly she only has time to save one. this house believes that Janice should save Felix the cat

    Vilnius Open · Open Semis · 2021-02-27

  • This house would remain in the Zoo

    Infoslide

    You are an otter living in the London Zoo. One day, you see a hole in the fence that would allow you to escape and live, without being imminently caught, in Greater London.

    KCL Schools · Gold Final · 2021-02-20

  • This house supports direct-rescue animal rights groups

    Infoslide

    Direct-rescue animal rights groups rescue animals from cruel conditions, often breaking laws and exposing the conditions they face in slaughterhouses and factory farms.

    CHIREC PD 2021 · 2 · 2021-02-20

  • This house believes that animal rights groups should focus their advocacy on creating a world where farmed animals are treated well and killed humanely, rather than on eradicating animal-based products

    HK WSDC · 4 · 2021-02-13

  • This house would cull the Colombian cocaine hippos

    Infoslide

    Pablo Escobar as part of his personal zoo imported a group of hippos into Columbia. Since then these hippos have multiplied and have now spread into the main waterways. They are the largest group of hippos outside of Africa and are currently classified as an invasive species. If their population is not controlled, it could potentially cause damage to the bio-diversity of the region.

    Ziauddin University Debating Championship · 2 · 2021-02-13

  • This house would abolish the common farming exception. (Farming)

    Infoslide

    The common farming exception is a clause in most animal cruelty legislation that states that an action cannot be animal cruelty if it is common farming practice.

    Uhuru Worlds 2021 Panthera Division · 5 · 2021-01-09

  • This house would not use scientific data from unethical experiments

    Infoslide

    Unethical experiments are experiments that contravene ethical norms such as the protection of research participants the treatment of research animals patient confidentiality consent to take part or withdraw from a study or informing participants about the nature of the research. In the context of this motion you are not arguing for personally conducting unethical experiments.

    Xerxes Middle School Tournament · 3 · 2020-12-04