Introduction
Attention Getter: Are you looking for the perfect place to go with your family and friends to have fun? If so, could you imagine that place being worth the time and money? What if it was really close to where you are currently?
Thesis Statement: From airplanes to an amusement park, the Air Zoo is known nationwide for creating truly immersive experiences for people of all ages.
Importance of Topic: Being a college student can often be a fatiguing experience at times and that’s why the Kalamazoo Air Zoo is a great place where you can relieve everyday stresses. I’m astounded by what I have seen when visiting the unique atmosphere of the Air Zoo and have been intrigued by what I have learned while researching online. IV. Preview
…show more content…
Expansion of the museum progressed in 1994 with the movement of restoration center and aircraft to a larger building.
Transition: Now that we’ve discussed some history about the Air Zoo, let’s talk about more additions made in the 2000’s.
III. There have since been many additions made to the museum in recent years.
According to Terry Turner from The Sioux City Journal, in 2004, “the Air Zoo opened a new 120,000 square-foot facility containing 360-degree full-motion flight simulators, a 4D theater, indoor amusement park rides, a 3D space shuttle ride to the International Space Station, traveling exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution and, surrounding the display area, an indoor mural.”
And in 2011, they kept popping out new and impressive exhibits containing a new Century of Flight Ferris Wheel, a golf course, a Paratrooper Jump and also the flight simulation Corsair Challenge, according to Crystal Vander Weit of MLive.com.
There are many other exciting things to do in the Air Zoo like just relaxing and eating with your company, observing the museum, or having a great time with the simulations.
People think that animals want to be in zoos, but they really do not. In some zoos the owners or zookeepers see how the environment is making the animals feel bad or good and they try to change it by giving the animals a similar habitat to where they came from. All three stories “The Stripes Will Survive”, “The Zoos Go Wild”, and “Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment” deal with protecting animals but they all do so in different ways.
Another stress-causing factor is taking zoo animals from their families and moving them to different enclosures of even different zoos altogether. Similar to circuses, zoos are home to many potentially dangerous animals that could cause a lot of harm if they escaped or fly off the handle. At the San Francisco Zoo, one tigress is responsible for the death of a 17-year-old boy and seriously injuring two brothers after escaping from her enclosure (“Man Killed by Tiger”). Zoos are home to about 6,126 different species and all 6,126 species belong in the wild where they thrive and life a life of freedom
Regarding education in zoos, although they do provide a lot of it, most of us go to the zoo as a way to spend time and for recreational
The El Paso Zoo is a well-known for making everyone’s arrival one to remember. Each time I would go to the zoo, I always leave with a smile on my face because of the great service they bring towards El Paso. The reason why I decided to write about the zoo is because I was once a worker there. It is marvelous seeing all of those magnificent animals. They must be at least twenty different types of species we have in El Paso. Which is totally awesome.
The National Zoological Park is a magical zoo that will keep travelers busy all day young or old. The Park is home to about 400 species and some 2,000 animals. Many of which animals are either endangered or rare. These beautiful animals will not only keep travelers busy all day, but make visitors not want to leave or take their eyes off the animals. Another amazing aspect of the Zoo is a cable car that transports you above the zoo for a bird's eye view of the zoo. The cable car will show you a wonderful, more scenic view of the zoo. The National Zoological Park will keep you occupied all day with fun and excitement.
Zoos have changed and found a balance between being an attraction and conservation park. Some people think zoos should protect animals to the best of their ability. For example, some zoos have upgraded animals’ living spaces so that they feel comfortable. Overall, the role of zoos is to protect animals by providing them with their basic needs, making sure they have a suitable place to live, and to save them from extinction!
The zoo is a zoo for a reason. Going to the zoo is a fun time created to spend quality time with your family, friends, co-workers, and etc.
As the animal rights movement has developed and grown substantially in recent years, there has been an increased focused on the welfare of captive animals. A popular institution that has received much attention for keeping animals captive is the zoo. Because of this focus, zoos have responded by publicizing their positive benefits for existence in order to justify keeping these animals on display. Since the term “zoo” can have a wide variety of meaning and characteristics, it is important to define what constitutes a zoo in this essay. Zoos are defined as a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and
I was also a little shocked that not a single person said that they think zoos should be abolished. These high numbers have really helped me because it has made it easy for me to see that my target audience needs to be audience members who zoos and are pleased with them. I’m going to tailor my speech to this population and get them to understand that zoos are not beneficial to the animals that they keep captive. I’m going to have to focus on how bad zoos are. I need to find shocking behaviors that zoo animals exhibit to present to the class. If I take a strong stance against this issue and use strong evidence that really shows that zoos are bad for the animals, I think I will be able to persuade my target audience to want to have zoos abolished like I
One of the most fun, visually amazing functions to visit are zoo's. Growing up as a kid going to the zoo was so much fun and basically guaranteed a great day out. People have been complaining and questioning the role of zoo's for a long time now. Some claim that it actually kills the animals off faster. Others claim that zoo's actually help protect and preserve the lives of these animals. Only one can make a reasonable argument by studying sources, and finding out statistics. Based off of the articles, "The Stripes Will Survive", "The Zoos Go Wild", and "Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment", we can truly get in-depth analysis about the role zoo's play.
Exhibits such as zoos and aquariums give children an accurate representation of how each creature may act in the wild. The representation is important because it acts as a gateway to biology and natural science. Not every child will be a science fanatic
They are life savers, and that?s what people don?t realize. When people find a sick animal they call for help. Usually a zoo that has the stuff to fix and take care of the animal will be called. They will go and help the animal as quickly as possible (Miller). Zoos are the best thing to keep animals alive and also from going extinct (Morris). There are also different ways that zoos are changing. Zoos have gotten very good at habitual restoration (Sunquist). They know how to make the animals comfortable. They study what the animals likes. They look at their normal habitat in the wild and they can bring it to the zoos. For the bigger animals, they have bigger cages. For the aquatic animals they have water. They also have cages that look like the wild. They have real trees and things the animals can play with. The animals think that it is their natural habitat. Some states are even making cramped cages against the law (Mendoza). The bigger change that is happening is that some zoos are sponsoring conservation programs in the wild, so the animals is extremely comfortable where they are and people can still visit them. They say this will be very popular in the future (Sunquist). In my opinion, this seems very cool and different. I think other people will like it. The zoos are trying to connect with the animals. Rob Vernon, the AZA?s communication coordinator states, ?The fastest and most direct way for people to save and care about endangered species is to connect with them?
Zoos present a certain blend of nature and culture. They have always provided a way to bring natural wildlife and urban Americans together as a means of entertainment. Yet, throughout the years the role of zoos have changed. Though once used for amusement, zoos are now being used for education on preservation and the welfare of endangered species. One may wonder where and how the idea of zoos started and just how they, and the environment around them, have changed throughout history.
Throughout this semester, I have the opportunity to get hands-on experience working with animals that live in enclosures. Having an internship as a zookeeper for the Lehigh Valley Zoo, I gained many valuable skills to use in my future career of helping animals. From this internship, I was able to take much knowledge and appreciation from the animals and the different people working alongside of me. I now know how to work with animals in captivity, care for those animals, and the different behavioral techniques for these animals.
Since approximately 1250 B.C., ancient Egyptians had created and practiced the capture and display of animals in what are now known as zoos (Fravel). Records describe such exotic animals as birds, lions, giraffes, and tigers in captivity (Fravel). Since then, zoos have continued to entertain millions with the exciting chance to view exotic animals up close and personal. Even in ancient Greece, exotic animals were on display in fighting arenas, and in enclosed viewing areas. Originally in America, zoos were just created so that royalty and the wealthy could flaunt their exotic animals to the public (Leolupus). Today, with species threatened and habitats disappearing worldwide, zoos are serving a new purpose other than the mere exhibition of