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  • This house would establish an independent underwater civilization

    Infoslide

    In the future, scientists have achieved breakthroughs in how marine creatures think and function, allowing them to modify marines creatures so that they are granted human lifespans improve their cognitive function, and communicate better with one another. They have also found a way to provide them with the technology to match humanity.

    BDU Rookies BP · Round 4 · 2025-03-22

  • This house believes that the U.S. should completely ban animal testing

    Infoslide

    Traditional U.S. law required animal testing, such as on rats, dogs, and monkeys, before new drugs could be used in human clinical trials. In 2020, President Biden signed a new law that permits the use of alternative testing methods. Pharmaceutical companies can now choose to avoid animal testing when developing new drugs and still receive certification by using advanced techniques, which have been rapidly developed recently, such as computer modeling and organ chips.

    Asian Bridge 2025 · ラウンド3 · 2025-03-15

  • This house would stay in a committed monogamous relationship with the worm

    Infoslide

    You are a middle-aged person who has been in a committed monogamous relationship for over 15 years. You have built a life together, and sworn to love each other for better or for worse, and in sickness and in health. You have until now been madly in love and believed you would die old together. For the purposes of this debate, worms are sentient creatures who cannot verbally communicate, apart from one day a year when they can verbally communicate on Halloween. Around 10% of humans who turn into worms eventually turn back into humans. Your partner has turned into a worm..

    Cambridge Schools 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-08

  • This house supports banning factory farming

    Infoslide

    (Infoslide: Factory farming refers to the process of intensive animal agriculture; characterised by high-density confinement and industrialised production techniques)

    London Juniors 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-03-08

  • This house, as Hiccup, would part with Toothless and release him into the wild

    Infoslide

    You are Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III from the island, Berk. You have had a longtime close relationship with your dragon, Toothless: a rare breed of the powerful Night Fury species and the last of his kind. You are one of the most exalted dragon trainers in all of Norway. Unfortunately, humanity has been in a longtime war with dragons, and your success has made you and Toothless the target of many dragon hunters, including the ones that hunted even the Night Furies into near extinction. You may have succeeded in convincing the people of Berk to accept dragons, but you are unsure as to whether you can do the same for other neighboring islands. While you are unsure how Toothless plans to survive in the wild alone, you are confident in his intelligence and know that he has had a longtime history of successfully outwitting dragon hunters before you found him.

    Malaysia Charity Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2025-03-02

  • For the purpose of this debate, cognition and consciousness refers to the ability for animals to be self-aware of their environment and internalize subjective experiences (e.g. emotions, thoughts, and desires).

    Infoslide

    This house hopes for the existence of animal cognition and consciousness

    Athena Debate Championship 2025 · Pattaraday Finals Finals · 2025-02-22

  • THB that local animal rights groups in local areas should heavily prioritize prevention over preservation strategies in their activism

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    In urban areas, local animal rights groups tend to focus on two major strategies. One is preservation, which often targets getting stray animals adopted or put into shelters. The other strategy is prevention, which involves efforts to reduce the animal population, such as mass spaying / neutering of strays.

    North American Debating Championships 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-01-18