Persuasive Essay About Zoos

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.

As a child, many people would often go to the zoo or to the circus and see animals in real life. In circuses, animals would often perform tricks and stunts, dazzling the audience. In the zoo, people would often see animals in their native habitat, or what looks like it. Children were mainly amazed with the animals and were always exited to go see the animals. As the years go by, they start to realize that some of the animals are suffering and are being mistreated, especially in circuses. They see that the animals in zoos are depressed and lonely and the animals in the circuses are chained up. What is worse is that animals in laboratories are often treated very poorly; more poorly than what Americans treat prisoners and refugees. There have been many debates on whether animals should be held in captivity. Some groups believe that animals should not be held in captivity because they have the same capacities as humans. They believe that animals can feel emotion and have a sense of morality. Animals in captivity are deprived of their natural habitat and their instincts. Animals raised in captivity tend to rely more on humans compared to animals raised in the wild. They also believe zookeepers and trainers are putting themselves at risk when taking care of the animals. There have been many incidents including the death of trainers by animals, one highlighted by the movie “Blackfish” by director Gabriela Cowperthwaite. There are others who believe that putting animals in captivity is beneficial for not only the animal, but for humans as well. Humans get more jobs if more animals are put into captivity because there is an increase in the amount of people needed. Another benefit of keeping animals in captivity is that it could help save a species who is endangered and close to going extinct. Another benefit is that it helps increase the amount of food available because some animals are raised for food. Putting animals in captivity wrong unless they are being used for the animal’s benefits.

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.

Zoos may seem fun to visit and exciting to see the animals; but what you don’t see is the suffering and depression that lies in these helpless creatures. There are many arguments whether or not zoos are good or bad, and if they should be removed or kept. Several think that zoos should be abolished or at least very much improved, due to animal cruelty. While, others want zoos to stay because it is beneficial for the animals and people. I strongly believe that zoos aren’t good for both the public and animals for numerous reasons.

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

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.

Zoos, or any other place alike, do not take adequate care of their animals. The habitats. that are constructed to mimic the creature’s nature one, often fails in meeting that expectation. The spaces dedicated for the animals are cramped and not regularly maintained. [stat about that here] In addition most

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?

Zoos, are they harmless fun or are they a prison for animals. A dead wallaby was left to rot by staff at Tweddle Farm Zoo for two weeks and the zoo refused to carry out a post mortem to establish why the animal died. Animals suffer in zoos because they are trained to perform tricks, any surplus animals are killed, and zoos can’t provide sufficient space.

Animals need to be in their natural habitat, instead they are in an area too small and not the same. Animals are more likely to get diseases spread from other animals. By being in captivity it can cause animals physical and emotional distress. Animals should not be kept in zoos because animals deserve to be in their natural habitat away from physical and emotional stress of zoo life. Stress and lack of exercise affects the animals’ health.

Some zookeepers abuse animals. Takepart.com says that, “A judge later ruled that keepers can't use electrical prods on the animals.” Some people are mistreating the animals of a beating and starving them, sometimes even to death. PETA.org.uk states, “There is also strong evidence that many zoos “dispose” of “surplus” animals, either by killing them or selling them to unethical exotic-animal dealers. In one British zoo, the carcasses of slaughtered animals, including baboons and endangered deer, were left to rot beside bins.” Sometimes even animals abuse each other. Slate.com says that, “Tom, a gorilla… was moved hundreds of miles away because he was a good genetic match for another zoo’s gorilla. At the new zoo, he was abused by the other gorillas and lost a third of his body weight. Eventually, he was sent back home, only to be sent to another zoo again once he was nursed back to health. When his zookeepers visited him at his new zoo, he ran toward them sobbing and crying, following them until visitors complained that the zookeepers were “hogging the gorilla.” Animals also don't get enough room in the zoos. Many animals travel and need large territories such as lions, elephants, zebras, gazelles, and many more. Nhptv.org states that, “Some large animals, like mountain lions, moose, and brown bears, need large home ranges.” Animals don't get enough room so they don't get it who exercise every day.

No matter how good the zoo facility is, animals still suffer in zoos. Animals in zoos live under constant psychological pressure because their natural movements are limited by the boundaries of the zoo.

Have you ever been to a zoo? If you have then you may or may not noticed how badly the animals are treated. Many zoos around the world are mistreating animals and the public has no idea about it. Zoos are very unfair to animals. Would you want to be stuck in a small area for your whole life when you could be roaming free in the wild somewhere? Probably not. Well, that is what happens to most animals in a zoo. It is completely unfair! Animals do not deserve to be in such small areas. It can cause serious cases of stress and depression. They teach the public that it is okay to cage wild animals, which is definitely not true. No animal should be caged up. Therefore, zoos should not be allowed.

A visit to the zoo is often one of the most enthralling and entertaining things for children and adults alike; however, most individuals do not realize the ethical implications of holding animals in captivity for entertainment purposes. Zoos originated as an organization that held animals in captivity for viewing pleasure, but now claim to have evolved to become an educational and conservation institution. Despite zoo's claims that they ultimately serve as a viable education, economic, and conservation resource, there is overwhelming evidence that zoo animals are treated cruelly while in captivity. The cruelty zoo animals undergo is largely unethical and presents a need to alter zoos in order to reduce animal suffering.