Misconceptions In The Life Of Pi By Yann Martel

Animals are deprived of their natural habitat when transferred from the wild open space of the wild only to be fenced inside a limited habitat. Peta.org explains “Elephants typically walk up to 30 miles in just one day, but Lucy, the lone elephant at the Edmonton Zoo, is locked inside a barn… spends most of her time indoors…”. This doesn’t only apply to elephants, but to many other animals. Preventing them from thriving, because of the limited space provided per animal. Additionally, this leads to health problems because of the restricted amount of movement, health problems like arthritis. However zoos are not only causing physical harm, but mentally making animals sick causing many cases of depression. Trapping animals in cages stressed them out and can make them unhappy taking matters into their own hands trying to kill themselves according to

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.

Can we really say that animals in zoos, enjoy being taken away from their parents and natural habitats? The answer to that question is ‘No!’. Did you know that tigers and lions have nearly eighteen thousand times less space in a zoo than they do in their natural habitat and polar bears

In a world where animals thrive and live, also comes the world of the human species. For many years animals and humans have lived together and have continued to grow. The human species has always been at the top of the food chain and will continue to be. Because humans are dominant over most animals, many things can happen. One of these things that are capable by the human species are zoos. Zoos have been around in society for many years, and they hold many purposes such as “conservation, science, education, and recreation” (Wickins-Drazilová). Many zoos have mission statements that hold common themes. The common themes among most of the mission statements are “(a) conservation and (b) education” (Patrick). Zoos should always be able to stay true to their mission statements while continuing to ethically provide and care for the animals in captivity. Animal welfare should be amongst the promise of zoos in missions as well.

An animals life in a zoo is dreadful.”A 40 year long study showed that polar bears - along with lions, tigers and cheetahs- exhibit great evidence of stress in captivity.” Zoos have replaced crowded cages and poor diets with spaced out cages and well-researched

Zoos help people to realize what they do to the environment and how to help save the environment. As stated in the text “Do Animals Lose In Zoos?”, “A study published by the National Science Foundation actually shows that visiting a zoo changes a person's attitude toward animals. If people are not able to see the animals, they will not be inspired to protect them. Animal Research Facilities help humans better understand animal behaviors and how to help them. This also helps humans understand the dangers of some animals. Although the animal’s instincts may lessen, it is important to understand more about the animals. So it stands to reason that Zoos and animal enclosures are important to the survival of the environment, animals, and

One reason why zoos are not good for animals is because they confine animals to tiny spaces. “The treatment of animals held in captivity has changed over history, as the understanding and views of their well-being has increased” (Goodman, 2016). Zoos might have been a good idea in the beginning, but they are not suitable for animals today. “118 animal deaths occurred at AZA-accredited locations, with 10 happening due to human error, including the gorilla Harambe's death at the Cincinnati Zoo” (Thoet, 2017). Zoos are seen as a fun environment, but people do not know what goes on.

To begin, zoos often make animals lose skills that they would otherwise have in the wild making them trapped in the zoo. According to the article, Why zoos are bad for animals, “With no natural predators or food sources to hunt, many animals will lose their natural instincts, which are necessary for survival. This prevents reintegration into the animal kingdom and leaves them sentenced for life in a zoo.” Certainly, animals are made to be in the wild, and when they are trapped in zoos, they lose too many skills to ever go back into the wild. They lose abilities such as being able to hunt and survive in their normal habitat, so zoos can never let them go back where they belong. Another example is from an article called, are zoos good or bad. “Animals like zebras, giraffes and gazelles were designed to run across miles of open terrain, not live out their lives in captivity.” Clearly, this quote shows how animals living

Zoos can be found all over the world, it can be a great way for people to learn about animals in the wild without having to put the human in danger. People want to be able to admire these animals and the power of nature has.

Not all animal should be in zoos because some may have had a family and they may have been taken away from them. Animals may have been losing their hunting, persisting skills. Imagine a lion feeling all blue because they have been separated from their family, friends, and nature. Eventually the animal is going to die of depresses. Animals need an enormous, wide-space environment to live. They would probably feel crowded like New York and they don’t want that…… do they?

Why are zoos taking animals out of the wild? They Are meant to be wild. They take animals out of their natural habitat. I believe that zoos are not good for animals

Zoos are home to many animals in captivity which they are different from their natural habitat. Many animals suffer when they are in captivity because the zoos are very different from their natural habitat for example some zoos do not have places for relaxation of animals or the foods are different also many animal live alone.

Animals need their natural habitat because that is where they thrive. If you lived in an ice, cold tundra for 15 years and then you suddenly move to a desert you probably wouldn't like it. You would probably want to go back, that is what many of the animals in zoos want to do. Even though some zoos help animals, they never released them. They keep them even when they're fully healed. PETA.org.uk says that, “Zoos would have you believe that they are all that stand between many of the species they house and extinction, but animals are almost never released from UK zoos – and those who are rarely fare well since being reared in captivity leaves them ill-prepared to cope with life in the wild.” Zoos also say that they help endangered species, but only about 15% of the animals are really endangered. The rest of them were probably captured and sold to the zoo. Theguardian.com interviewed Ben, a zoo owner, “Ben talks about them “protecting as many endangered species as possible.” Yet of the 51 mammal and bird species at his zoo only seven are classed as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.” Some animals living in captivity live longer, but they aren't happy and they only live 5 to 10 years longer. Animals such as elephants and orca whales live about 20 to 30 years, or even over half their “normal age” in captivity. Animals were made to live in certain places and nothing can change

My first reason is that they are educational. Zoos make seeing animals and their nature up close and they let scientist study these magnificent animals easier. Some evidence is that “the modern zoo plays a critical role in education children and

People are brainwashed into thinking all zoos are bad and they are just for human entertainment, but good zoos are not about human entertainment, but conservation. This makes zoos much safer than circuses since circuses aren’t used for conservation. Circus animals are abused and aren’t in their normal habitat while zoo animals are in their normal habitat and aren’t abused at the good zoos.