Circus Animals And Animals : The Dangers Of Zoos

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.

Zoos across the world claim to be safe, suitable homes that replicate habitats of animals that are usually found in the wild. However, there is no possible way for wild habitats to be replicated well enough for animals in captivity to thrive, animals are often separated and withheld from living as they would in the wild. Despite their argument of being educational for visitors, the only thing they are teaching the public is that it is ok to take animals out of the wild and lock them up for their own enjoyment. Regardless of these claims, zoos are inhumane.

Many people claim that zoos aren’t any better in the last 4,000 years. I believe otherwise. Animals are no longer kept in cold cages with steel bars. Animals have mini-habitats that look like their natural environment. It’s a friendlier environment than the wild. Sure they have more space in the wild but as I stated before, they live in constant fear because of us! Zoos are able to educate about the needs of animals. That's good because zoos open our eyes and in the past, they didn't teach us anything. The only thing they did was entertain by forcing animals to do tricks. Zoos don't do that anymore because they changed for the better. These reasons oppose my opposer’s

Zoos have been around for 4,000 years, for many years people have gone to zoos to see wild animals up close. What people do not know is animals don't have the best interest in being in a zoo. The article, "Zoos: The Historical Debate" from Globalanimal.org discusses some pros (positive sides) and cons (negative sides) of zoos. As well as how millions of people visit zoos around the world and how some argue that zoos are either places of education and conversation or unnecessary prisons. After reading the article a logical conclusion is zoos are detrimental to animals.

Author Vernon Kisling, of Zoo and aquarium history: ancient animal collections to zoological gardens makes a great statement: “Cultural institutions, such as zoos, change like the cultures that foster them” (Kisling 163). For modern zoos, they were said to have begun in London in the 1820s with London’s Regent Park Zoo (Graetz). These modern zoos, as well as those in Germany, began to take the place of royal menageries and set examples for the American culture. The first zoo to be built in America was established in Philadelphia in 1874 (Philadelphia zoo). During the time that America was transitioning from an agricultural nation to an industrial one.

Zoos cause severe psychological and emotional damage that in some cases can lead to the death of the animal, trainers, or regular people. There are many factors that contribute to the psychological and emotional damage of the animals in captivity, such as lack of privacy, closely confined spaces, little or no physical exercise or social interactions with other animals which can lead to a very serious disease call zoochosis (PETA). For example Dr. Georgia Mason and Dr. Ros Clubb conclude that polar bears put in zoo enclosures is about one-millionth of its natural

Initially, zoos have improved a great deal over the last four thousand years. They do not have any more cages or steel bars. They have continuously tried to provide exceptional and friendlier environments for these wild animals.

As claimed in the LCA article, ”Animals in zoos are forced to live in artificial, stressful, and downright boring conditions”(User, Super). Evidence shows time to time that animals are being affected by zoos. There are many things hidden behind the facilities, that many people do not know about. The animals are being held in conditions that no animal should ever live in. Even though some zoos do focus on helping the animals, they are not as beneficial to the animal because they are not provided with the proper care and attention they need and zoos do not try to fix their problems.

There have been a lot of problems with animals in zoos. It has gotten to the point where zoos are hated and looked upon as a places of animal torture. Are zoos really that bad? Turns out, they are. They do not have enough space, they do not allow the animals to communicate with each other, and they sell the animals to cruel circuses.

Zoos are many things. It can be a place for family fun and a good place to visit over the weekend, yet there are so many things going on inside zoos that the public fails to notice. For example, the article “10 Facts about Zoos” by CAPS discusses the lack of enclosure space and states, “Tigers and lions have around 18,000 times less space in zoos than they would in the wild. Polar bears have one million times less space.” This reveals that animals in zoos are placed in enclosures that are way too small for them and not even remotely close to what they experience in the wild. “Elephants are used to roaming miles upon miles a day in large groups, yet in zoos they

Zoos have changed tremendously over the past 100 years. Zoos have always had requirements that they have had to uphold since 1859, when the first zoo opened in the United States. Zoos today have to follow very specific rules and regulations, approved by the USDA (United

Animals are not safe in zoos. Abigail Hauslohner, who wrote the article “Giraffe Suicide? Bear Riot? It's a Zoo Unlike Any Other” for the Washington Post, reveals that animals are dying in the Giza Zoo in Egypt. According to the article, a young giraffe strangle herself to death from a wire. Animals under the supervision of people should not be able to hurt or kill themselves. Another horrifying truth in “Giraffe Suicide? Bear Riot? It's a Zoo Unlike Any Other” is that zookeepers kill camels for the purpose of selling the meat for profit. Those zookeepers have no right to kill those camels. The purpose for the camels is to educate the public. Those two examples are not the only tragedies. “…three black bears died in a single night under mysterious circumstances” (Hauslohner). This example shows that zoos need to be better monitor. The caretakers are more of a threat than anything else for those creatures.

People are causing stress when they go to the zoos . for animals stress can lead to cause of death and other serious sickness also indigestion. People can frighten them that is really bad for their health later on in life.

Zoos have existed in the world since ancient times. It was recently discovered that the earliest known zoo found near Hierakonpolis, Egypt dates back to 3500 BC (MacDonald).The Philadelphia Zoo became the first zoological park in the

Animals can be harmed in a zoo if not careful and knowing what the zoo can do. Zoos should not exist but i will settle for being fined these are some reasons zoos should be fined for the animals poor state of place and mind this can mean bad things for people that try hard for a living and are just trying to help the animals but are they helping no they are not they are just making things a lot worse.