Importance Of Animals In Captivity

The issue on whether or not to keep animals in captivity has been debated heavily for a long time. With species such as the panda on the verge of extinction to mistreatment of marine mammals in theme parks such as Sea World, keeping wild animals under the care of humans has been a struggle and a highly controversial topic. Even though many people believe that animals should not be kept in captivity because humans are incapable of fully understanding and providing specific needs for wild animals, certain animals can be kept happy and healthy in captivity, and these animals are an important educational tool for teaching people of all ages about biology, biodiversity, and the ecosystems of the world.

Imagine being a zoo animal. Wouldn’t the animal want to be free, and not in captivity? There should not be zoos. From outside of a cage it is barely noticeable, but what is happening to the zoo animals is not right. There should not be zoos because animals cannot exercise which leads to health issues, they have little to no space which causes depression, and there are other places that help animals in a safer and more productive way. The history of zoos is that animals would be in tin cages, now, they live in fake terrain, so none of these habitats are appropriate for animals. Zoos say that they are helping endangered animals, but really they are killing them.

Freedom is everything to people, and animals alike. But animals in captivity are stripped from this. In SeaWorld and circuses, the animals are living their lives entertaining people and living their lives in cages or small enclosed pens. By keeping animals to remain in captivity people are taking away their freedom, forcing them to be used for entertainment, and not providing animals with the proper care.

Although keeping animals in captivity is bad because they don't get to be themselves they should keep animals in zoos or captivity because it helps the species not go extinct, it brings happiness to families that go to the zoo, and zoos bring in enough money to build better exhibits. Even though zoos still have negative impacts on animals lives they should still keep animals in

To argue against the use of animal captivity I will use Utilitarian, Peter Singer, who wrote an essay named ‘All Animals are Equal.’ Within this, Singer argues that humans are animals but language makes us forget this. Conventions and attitudes that we find hard to drop move us away from the idea that humans and non-humans are both equal and that we should not treat animals like they are any different to us. Singer wants a liberal rights movement for the rights of animals. This has to be about interests and the amount of pleasure or pain we feel. Furthermore, Utilitarian John Stuart Mill can also be used as an argument against animal captivity. He argues for the minimizing of suffering and pain and maximizing of pleasure and happiness of all interested parties. Including that of

It’s human nature to have compassion towards animals and an instinct to react if they are abused or mistreated. This human nature is the foundation to the controversial topic of whether zoos are ethical to have. With this issue, there are various reasons that promote the importance of zoos along with reasons to why they can be considered immoral. Both sides are essentially equal and fighting for the same result, the well-being of the animal both physically and mentally. It’s difficult to determine which side is right, but I believe that zoos are beneficial to not only humans but the animals as well.

Animal activists documentaries and incidents have recently brought up the question of weather or not animals should be held in captivity for human entertainment or conservation. A series of recent events has the general pubic asking them selves if animals should be allowed to be in captivity. On February 24, 2010 Tilikum, a 12,000 pound killer whale held at Sea World Orlando, dragged trainer Dawn Brancheau to the bottom of the tank during their daily show performance Dine with Shamu, killing her. This was not the first time Tilikum had killed one of his trainer, in 1991 and 1999 he was involved in similar incidents that unfortunately claimed the lives of

Firstly, wild animals in captivity is inhumane. Animals in zoos are often thought of as objects instead of living beings with feelings and emotions. An example of a situation that was inhumane and proves that zoos care more about income than animals took place at the Copenhagen zoo where an 18-month-old, healthy giraffe was killed because it was considered useless for breeding. According to an article by www.peta.org “Even large, well-known, and popular zoos engage in unscrupulous practices, such as dumping unwanted animals or taking animals from the wild.” Because most of these animals were raised or born in captivity, they were not able to develop the necessary survival skills needed to survive in the wild.

When animals in the wild are endangered or appealing to humans we will capture them and put them in captivity, but humans are really oblivious to what they are actually doing to these animals. When kept in captivity animals are treated poorly, stripped of all their rights, and eventually suffer major behavioral changes. The public is completely unaware of all the harm they are doing to these animals rather than helping them. Animals are being treated wrong in captivity and being stripped of any rights because of this they endure severe behavioral changes when kept in captivity.

First, animals should not be in captivity because zoos don't provide animals with enough space. According to Vegan Peace, it states, “Zoo animals have to spend day after day, week after week, year after year in the exact same enclosure, this makes their

I think that animals should not be in captivity. First, we spend too much money on animals in captivity. According to Hanna, “millions of dollars had been spent to ensure the health of animals.” Food and shelter for these animals already costs millions of dollars so we don’t need to spend more money on them. Second kids aren’t getting animal education when they are studying animals in captivity. According to Robert, he said, "We're not getting an educational benefit from zoo-going or from circus-going.” That shows that even though you are seeing animals walking around and doing their regular everyday things you aren’t learning how they act in the wild. Although some people think that animals should be held in captivity because if that species

Everyone should help any animal when they see a chance. That could mean that you may help an animal that is hurt or dying. You could also help by purchasing clothes like ivory-ella. That is an organization that helps elephants from being killed or getting their tusks getting cut off. The worst is when animal is held against its’ will. To understand why we shouldn’t have animals in captivity, it is necessary to examine the dangers if we keep them in captivity, while on the other side we should keep them in zoos and not let them be free, and for the common ground we should makeup a solution to make everyone happy.

Zoos might be fun and entertaining, but do we know how much is being taken away from an animal? When animals are captivated and locked in a cage to be put on display, its freedom is taken, as along with many other things. These animals don’t have enough space and they are even treated badly sometimes. Zoos are inhumane and animals should not be kept in captivity.

Many people think we should ban animals in captivity, and others may think we should not ban the animals. Honestly we should not ban animals. There's plenty of reasons why we should not ban animals from zoos and other exhibits. In "Myth And Reality" it says as long as the animals are kept in captivity they are suppose to get treated humanly, because studies have shown that animals suffer mentally, emotionally, and even physically. It also says that zoos claim to teach visitors about the wild life conservation and habitat protection. Its not so much that the animals aren't in their natural habitat because the zoos make their large cages look and seem like if they are in their natural habitat. On the other hand people think we should ban the

As a child, the zoo was one of my favorite places to be. The ability to see wild animals in my local area is so convenient for me, but not so convenient for the animals living there. My opinion on zoos have most definitely changed when I put myself in the position of these animals in captivity. Animals are constantly going through pain and suffering by being behind bars, being separated from their family and not being able to live how they would in the wild. They are taken miles away from their natural habitat, and people expect them to adapt to environments that they are not used to. The average zoo exploits the animals in their care, and disregards many things that animals go through. Even though there are many benefits to zoos, they are more harm than good for animals. People should not be locking up animals who do not need to be saved in the first place.