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	Cattle mutilation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cattle mutilation is the alleged killing and then subsequent mutilation of cattle, under supposedly unusual or anomalous circumstances.
		Ranchers are often said to be reluctant to come forward and report animals mutilated under odd circumstances, due to several factors: the associated ridicule, fear of reprisal, and the financial costs of securing necropsy for dead livestock.
		Mutilation is said to include removal of parts of the mouth and hind regions, especially the anus and sexual organs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cattle_mutilation (2380 words)

	Mutilation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mutilation is an act or injury that degrades the appearance or function of the (human) body, usually without causing death.
		Acts of mutilation may include amputation, burning, flagellation, or wheeling.
		Some tribes practice ritual mutilation as part of an initiation ritual, such as circumcision.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mutilation (137 words)

	Female Genital Mutilation - A Human Rights Information Pack
		An estimated 15% of all mutilations in Africa are infibulations.
		The type of mutilation practised, the age at which it is carried out, and the way in which it is done varies according to a variety of factors, including the woman or girl's ethnic group, what country they are living in, whether in a rural or urban area and their socio-economic provenance.
		The person performing the mutilation may be an older woman, a traditional midwife or healer, a barber, or a qualified midwife or doctor.
	www.amnesty.org /ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm (3243 words)

	Female genital mutilation in Britain
		Female genital mutilation is practised in various forms in over 20 African countries and also in Oman, the Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates and by some Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia' (ref 1) it is not practised in Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, or Saudi Arabia.
		In Britain female genital mutilation is regarded as a form of child abuse, though this term should not be used when discussing the procedure with families as it would be greatly resented.
		Female genital mutilation differs from other forms of child abuse in that it is done with the best intentions for the future welfare of the child, there is no possibility of its repetition during childhood, and it is approved by sections of the communities in which it is practised.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /archive/6994ed1.htm (2222 words)

	Female Genital Mutilation
		While cases of female genital mutilation spark public outcries, it is interesting to note that male circumcision does not, despite involving hurting innocent minors, having negative repercussions on the child and, in most cases, providing no medical benefits.
		Mutilation is defined as being “Disfigurement or injury by removal or destruction of any conspicuous or essential part of the body” (Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, 26th Edition, 1995).
		Genital mutilation is usually performed as either a religious ritual or to gain acceptance within the society.
	www.geocities.com /SoHo/Easel/9509/genital.html (1187 words)

	AFROL Background - Fighting Female Genital Mutilation in Africa
		Female genital mutilation, the name given to a number of traditional practices that involves the partial or total excision of female genitals, are practiced in 28 African countries, as well as other regions of the world.
		That female genital mutilation is reflective of the low status of women in society is the fundamental premise of the book, according to Ms.
		Also in France, a woman who had undergone female genital mutilation was able to prevent her younger sister from undergoing the same procedure by revealing the situation to the French court system.
	www.afrol.com /Categories/Women/backgr_fighting_fgm.htm (2863 words)

	Open Directory - Society: Issues: Health: Female Genital Mutilation: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mutilated Humanity - by Ashley Montagu - The story of bodily mutilations would occupy a large volume in the story of humankind, and few would be more strange and interesting than those relating to male and female circumcision.
		NPR : Nigerian Woman Challenges Mutilation Ritual - Reports on a Nigerian woman who is trying to have the practice of female genital mutilation accepted as a violation of the anti-torture convention.
		NPR : Mutilation - Asylum - Report on the story of Adelaide Abankwah, the second woman in U.S history to be granted political asylum because she feared she would be subjected to female genital mutilation if she returned to her native country.
	dmoz.org /Society/Issues/Health/Female_Genital_Mutilation/News (1036 words)

	FEMALE AND INTERSEXUAL GENITAL MUTILATION IN NORTH AMERICA & EUROPE
		It is criticized by those in opposition as a cruel mutilation of a young girl in order to reduce her sexual response after puberty.
		On 1999-FEB-3, Hawa Greou went on trial in France on charges of "voluntarily bodily injury causing mutilation or permanent disability." She is alleged to having mutilated the genitals of about 50 young girls.
		Both she and her sister were allegedly mutilated by Greou.
	www.religioustolerance.org /fem_cira.htm (742 words)

	Female Genital Mutilation
		To Mutilate in the Name of Jehovah or Allah: Legitimization of Male and Female Circumcision.
		Brady M. Female genital mutilation: complications and risk of HIV transmission.
		Mutilation Seen as Risk for the Girls of Immigrants.
	www.cirp.org /pages/female (499 words)

	cattle mutilations - Skeptic's Dictionary
		The term "mutilation" is used to describe animal corpses with "unusual" or "inexplicable" features by UFO devotees and those who think our countryside is plagued by Satanic cults in search of animals for rituals.
		The belief that aliens or Satanists have been killing and mutilating thousands of animals is supported by little more than an argument to ignorance: Since there is a lack of evidence that they aren't responsible for the deaths or the post mortem conditions of the animals, it follows that the aliens and Satanists are responsible.
		Cattle mutilations are not only associated with UFO sightings, alien abductions, and crop circles, they are linked to fl helicopter sightings as well.
	skepdic.com /cattle.html (1187 words)

	Female Genital Mutilation
		It presents several different issues including the types of genital mutilation employed, the justifications advanced by supporters of the practice, the societal treatment of females across the world, and finally some of the legal implications associated with its practice.
		She argues that the procedure should be called mutilation, because that is exactly what it is. She then goes on to describe the way in which the procedure is performed.
		She was being forced to marry, and was scheduled to be mutilated prior to the marriage.
	academic.udayton.edu /health/01status/97tucker.htm (4554 words)

	The Abolition of Female Genital Mutilation
		When Stephanie Walsh was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for her photographs of a genital mutilation rite in Kenya, the inhumanity of the procedure was exposed to the general public, helping to legitimize a subject that many found uncomfortable to discuss.
		Genital mutilation, also referred to as female circumcision, genital cutting, or excision, is a coming-of-age ritual that signifies a girl's entry into womanhood.
		Genital mutilation is practiced in 28 countries in central Africa, ranging from Somalia in the east coast and stretching westward to Senegal on the Atlantic.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0001524.html (1125 words)

	Cattle Mutilations - Crystalinks
		All organ removal and incisions are done with surgical precision, and in some cases the evidence of cauterization along the incision lines has led investigators to believe the use of some sort of high heat cutting device has been administered, suggesting the strong possibility of a laser.
		The typical cattle mutilation has shown repeatedly, huge oval shaped incisions around the jaw bone and in most cases the exposed jaw is completely removed, and the tongue removed from a precise incision deep in the throat.
		Many animal mutilations are now being blamed on the animlas called Chupacabras who have yet to be captured and researched.
	www.crystalinks.com /animal_mutilation.html (557 words)

	School Work on mutilation
		To Muslims, Female Genital Mutilation is necessary for a proper marriage, for the virtue of the woman, and for the honor of her family.
		Female Genital Mutilation is an issue that people are viciously opposed, and in order to bring this practice to a halt, education of those who practice it is needed.
		Genital Mutilation is the surgical removal of the clitoris and surgery usually takes place before puberty and surveys have shown that nearly 6000 young girls suffer from this surgery a day.
	www.123schoolwork.com /show_essay/229326.html (320 words)

	Human Mutilation Case
		Most of you who are interested in the UFO subject will have read about the many cases of Cattle Mutilations that have occurred in many parts of the world over the past 50 years.
		In this article I will not be discussing any animal mutilation case, what I do wish to share with you is a very disturbing case that has all the hallmarks of being a "Human Mutilation", in that the victim had all the same injuries we've come to associate with the cattle mutilation deaths.
		Now I have seen alleged human mutilation photos before - once by a colleague who had shown me two photos of a naked mans body with the classic signs that accompany the cattle mutilations that I am very familiar with.
	www.karenlyster.com /humanmute.html (1603 words)

	WHO \| Female genital mutilation
		Female genital mutilation (FGM), often referred to as 'female circumcision', comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural, religious or other non-therapeutic reasons.
		The most common type of female genital mutilation is excision of the clitoris and the labia minora, accounting for up to 80% of all cases; the most extreme form is infibulation, which constitutes about 15% of all procedures.
		In cultures where it is an accepted norm, female genital mutilation is practiced by followers of all religious beliefs as well as animists and non believers.
	www.who.int /mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en (892 words)

	Third World Women's Health: Female Genital Mutilation
		Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the set of procedures used to remove or cause injury to part or all of the external female genitals.
		The difference in name is not a superficial one, as it often belies the writer's convictions; the term FGM is most often used by authors fighting against the practice, while Female Circumcision is used when the author supports the practice.
		The majority of mutilations are of types I and II (80-85%), while infibulation (type III) accounts for 15%.
	www.arches.uga.edu /~haneydaw/twwh/fgm.html (2106 words)

	FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION - FEMALE CIRCUMCISION
		Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is an invasive and painful surgical procedure that is usually performed without anesthetic on girls before puberty.
		An average of about four girls a minute continue to be mutilated.
		An analogous practice, Intersexual Genital Mutilation, (IGM) is sometimes performed on intersexual infants born with ambiguous genitalia.
	www.religioustolerance.org /fem_circ.htm (191 words)

	Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs: Even more sick
		But at least these people are pretending to uphold the rules, twisted and evil as their justifications are (and just to make it clear, I utterly reject their reasoning and have said so elsewhere).
		Mutilation is clearly and completely forbidden in Islam.
		Mutilation in combat is also clearly and strongly forbidden (take this simple statement, the first result that came back on my search of the hadiths; a more extensive discussion of the rules of war is here.
	www.muhajabah.com /islamicblog/archives/veiled4allah/008674.php (1854 words)

	Genital Mutilation
		A lifetime of pain and infection, or early death, are often the byproducts of female genital mutilation, a practice to which 85 million to 115 million women worldwide have been subjected.
		In this second form of mutilation, called an excision, the two sides of the vulva are sewn together by silk or catgut or held together by thorns, according to a paper published last year on the subject by the American Medical Association.
		She ultimately won a landmark 1996 asylum ruling in which the INS recognized female genital mutilation as a form of persecution.
	www.staylace.com /thomaslierse/gen_mut.htm (1454 words)

	Winged Wisdom Pet Bird Magazine - Feather Mutilation and Plucking in Parrots & Exotic Pet Birds
		Feather plucking or shredding is as frustrating for the bird owner as it is for the companion bird.
		I also believe that lack of early socialization, lack of exposure to change during weaning and infancy, and lack of consistency in setting firm guidelines can contribute to a birds inability to cope with stress and change in a positive manner.
		There are different forms of feather mutilation which vary in magnitude from bird to bird.
	www.birdsnways.com /wisdom/ww4eii.htm (1772 words)

	Femal Genital Mutilation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Degrees of mutilation exist ranging from excision of the hood of the clitoris or clitoris itself to complete infibulation which involves removal of the clitoris, labia minora and labia majora, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
		In addition, the existence of female circumcision in the community does not necessarily mean that it was to be recommended or made obligatory.
		The scholars later specified in general terms that only a small piece of skin (the clitoris or its hood, presumably, or perhaps part of the labia minora) the size of a "cock's comb" (the small appendage that sits atop the head of a rooster) was to be removed.
	www.mwlusa.org /publications/positionpapers/fgm.html (1961 words)

	Template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The world community is increasingly educated on crimes against humanity, in particular, about individuals practicing genital mutilation, commonly termed circumcision" Genital mutilation affects more than 2 million girl-child victims and more than 13.5 million boy-child victims annually throughout the world.
		The global proliferation of genital mutilation by circumcisers torturing child-victims incorporates atypical human rights violations: body-dysmorphic disorders, genital destruction, psycho-social impairment, and spiritual death.
		Human rights principles and corrective actions incriminate genital mutilators and their accomplices whose evils deny millions of children their reproductive rights to genital integrity and restitution, and sexual liberation.
	www.nocirc.org /symposia/fourth/zavales4.html (276 words)

	BirdsnWays Cockatoo Heaven - Feather Mutilation
		Although there are a number of species of birds which mutilate their feathers, this behavior is most common among African Greys and Cockatoos.
		Whatever the reason, a bird who feather mutilates has a problem and is also a continuing cause of concern to his loving owner.
		All causes of feather mutilation in birds are not yet known.
	www.birdsnways.com /cockatoo/feathers.htm (856 words)

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