Are Animals In Captivity Or Inhumane?

At SeaWorld, animals have access to 24/7 veterinary care, so they should be healthier than their wild counterparts, but that is not the case. Many factors determine the overall well-being of an animal, so the average lifespan of an animal remains a crucial factor. In orcas, this remains one of the biggest differences between captive and wild whales. The lifespan of an orca drastically reduces in places like SeaWorld, because they live in captivity. Scientists expect wild female orcas to reach 100 years of age, and wild male orcas to live roughly between fifty and sixty years of age. On the other hand, all captive orcas live approximately thirty years (Blackfish). When living in captivity, an orcas lifespan decreases by twenty

Killer Whales that live in SeaWorld are unhealthy to the ones compared in the wild. In the documentary Blackfish they went to SeaWorld to ask about the lifespan of a whale. They workers at SeaWorld responded saying they live from 20-30 years and that in SeaWorld they live more (Cowperthwaite). Killer whales life span is like a humans were males will live from 60 to 70 years and females live from 80 to 100. Killer whales that are kept in captivity are cutting their

When orcas are in the wild, females usually live an estimated average of 45-50 years and up to about 90 years. Males live about an average of 30 years, but they can live up to 50-60 years. In captivity, the life spans are heavily reduced and most orcas do not live beyond about 20 years. The way the whales are treated while they are in captivity at SeaWorld causes them to die faster. Captive orcas usually die from the stress of boredom, depression and from the intense aggression between other whales.

"Approximately 1000 [wild Orca] whales have been individually identified in Alaskan waters through photographs,” (National Marine Mammal Laboratory, 2006). Lifespans for wild Orcas is 50 to 90 plus years, males dying in their late 60s to early 70s. Granny a wild Orca was also known as J2 of the Southern Resident Orcas thought to be around 105 when she passed away. Female Orcas are dominant in their society than the males. After a female goes through menopause,

Also in the wild, the life expectancy for a male and female orcas averages between 30-50 years, while at Sea World, PETA found that the average age of death is 13 years old. The difference between the two numbers are very large and by the means of allowing them in captivity we are reducing the years of their life span and increasing the death rates. If the rate of deaths is to continue, these animals may become endangered.

According to the Captive Animals Protection Society, In 2010, an undercover investigator filmed sick animals left untreated and dead animals to rot on floors at Tweddle Farm Zoo. The problem with this World is that humans can force things upon innocent creatures just for entertainment and money. As stated in an article from Buzzle.com, animals have their own, natural rights and capturing them for any reason is wrong. For example, elephants are known to travel long distances when they are the wild; in fact, they follow migratory routes and travel in herds called 'bond groups'. Therefore, restricting their movements by keeping them in the confines of a zoo is unnatural. Wild animals are, in a way, connected to their natural surroundings and this bond is broken when they are put into artificial settings of a zoo.

The lifespan of these mammals is similar to humans. Orcas in the wild have an average life expectancy of 30 to 50 years—their estimated maximum life span is 60 to 70 years for males and 80 to more than 100 for females. The median age of orcas in captivity is only 9. Many factors come into play when these whales are confined to close quarters. Also they usually travel up to 100 miles a day diving into the depths of the ocean and surfacing every five to ten minutes to retain oxygen in their

“Captive animals are abused and exploited in a variety of settings, including research and product testing, the entertainment industry, fur farms, and the exotic ‘pet’ trade” (Born Free USA). Zoos are holding animals all around the world captive. Zoos are not letting them live in their natural habitats and roam free. Captive animals are are not healthy and it's not good for the environment. For example bornfreeusa.org states “Every year, captive exotic animals are involved in incidents in which humans are injured or even killed.” Animal captivity should not be allowed. Captivity affects animals mental health, they can’t get enough exercise and food that they normally get, additionally, these animals that are in captivity can get many diseases and could die.

Many of these plentiful species are captured from the wild and although they are not injured, stray, or endangered are kept in enclosures and from that point on they are destined to live a life of captivity where isolation can occur along with. Zoos purposely gether younger animals with the knowledge that the public will respond better to a baby elephant versus an adult elephant. When the animals get older and less appealing to the public they are sometimes sold to animal testing facilities or sold to farms where hunters pay to kill them. Zoos force animals into artificial insemination which leads to miscarriages, a mother neglecting her young, and infant mortality. It also leads to defects in the species gene pool by disrupting the natural

Although there are zoos that do participate in conserving endangered animals many zoos are doing the opposite. According to an article published in the Huffington Times, “the Copenhagen Zoo took a perfectly healthy baby giraffe named Marcus, shot him in the head, displayed his dead carcass to children, and then fed him to the lions. In addition, the zoo reportedly ignored a 50,000 euro ($68,220) offer from Britain’s Yorkshire Wildlife Park to take Marcus and let him live a long and happy life there.” This zoo also killed four healthy lions to make room for a new lion cub and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria stated that 3,000 to 5,000 animals are killed in zoos to manage their populations (Shine). These zoos are killing healthy animals with absolutely no health problems in order to make room for new animals that will draw more attention to the zoo and bring in more people, ergo, more profit. Instead of conserving and protecting these animals, they are neglecting and murdering them, showing no signs of conservation

According to several studies published in scientific journals, average mortality rates for captive whales are three times higher than in the wild (Parsons). Based on 14 years of American and Canadian research, Olesiuk et al. 1990 concludes “females mean life expectancy is 50.2 years with a maximum longevity of about 80-90 years…Males have a mean life expectancy of 29.2 years and have a maximum longevity of about 50-60

Animal activists would say that zoos do not have any right to breed, capture, or confine animals. The animals in captivity suffer from health issues such as stress and repression while they are isolated from others, and no cage could compare to the freedom of the wild. Animals with relationships with their mate find a hard time adjusting to the change when their mate is sold or traded to another zoo. Animal activists would also tell you that while baby animals are cute and bring in business, the process leads to overpopulation. This then leads to surplus killing animals, which is the killing of animals that zoos have too much of or do not have any room for. David Williams-Mitchell is a spokesperson for the European Association Of Zoos and Aquaria. He told CNN that approximately 3,000 to 5,000 animals are killed each year in surplus killing, and several hundred are large animals, such as lions and tigers, and the majority is smaller animals, such as insects and rodents.

Do you remember the last time you went to a zoo? Do you remember the animals? Well those same animals you saw are being mistreated by the zoos. You only see them for a few hours and you don’t know what the zoos are doing to the animals. They say zoos are helping animals but they are harming them instead What if it was you that was in their place? Being kept on enclosures and separated from your family. Zoos are not ethical because they are many things that could go wrong in zoos, animals live for a shorter time, and they could develop a mental illness.

Imagine being locked in a cage, have thousands of people each day watching, taunting, and provoking you. That image of what just came into your mind is exactly what captive animals feel like all the time, every day. “The original idea of a zoo was to inform people, common citizens with knowledge on the rare creatures that we would not normally see every day” (Dosomething, 2017, pg 1/3). Somewhere along the way, that was changed. Zoos are not the only captive environment for animals. “There are also circuses, aquariums, and rodeos. Circuses are being observed because of the videos of the abuse that is being done to elephants and other animals in the show” (Tripp, P, 2003, pg 6). Animal captivity should be banned because of the abuse, the effects it has on the animals, and financial gain. If humans are born equally then animals should also. Humans need to learn the signs of neglect and learn how to help and look for the neglect. “It says humans everywhere, no matter who they are, are born free and equal” (Tripp, P, 2003, pg 7). The sources that were used to find all this information was online sources and book sources.

The lifespan of animals while they are in captivity is shorter than the lifespan that they would have in the wild. Elephants are most vulnerable when they are in a zoo because they are used to walking for miles while; in a zoo they have a limited amount of space to be able to