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.

When it comes to the view on the amount zoos spend on different functions, conservationists and experts have ranging opinions. Although the ideas all revolve around the same thing, money, the main trains of thought are how zoos spend it, how useful it is in the facilities, and what it is spent on. Gretchen Wyler, vice president of the Hollywood, California, office of the Humane Society of the United States, subscribes to the idea of how useful money is in the facilities zoos spend it on believing that for a zoo to spend $38 million on 3.7-acre elephant enclosure is too little for too much money. Her solution to the problem is disbanding the program. A retired general curator at the Los Angeles Zoo, Leslie Schobert, agrees with this train of thought as well; however, he believes that the funds should be spent on creating an elephant sanctuary in the American South. As before mentioned, almost all the experts agree that the money spent on these programs are not spent well; nevertheless, they have varying ideas on the solution to this problem. Each idea having downfalls that do not fix the overall problem of how the money is spent. Nikia Fico, the director of Save Tucson Elephants and a law student at the University of Arizona, focused in what zoos spend their money on. She believes that “‘...zoos should keep only those animals that they can take of.’” (Cohn). Therefore, if zoos slim down their animal populations by giving them away to other zoos, they can have more money to

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.

The crowd starts to swarm around the latest attraction, you can hear gasps of awe from the children and people saying “look at that!” among the crowd. The latest attraction happens to be a bear laying out in the hot sun. There are children standing on the ledge of the fence trying to catch a glimpse of the bear. There are phones out and ready to snap pictures of the bear. This is a common sight at zoos around the world.

In the wild, elephants often walk up to 30 miles a day. Bears are very active animals, they roam around hundreds of miles exploring, and are normally active for 18 or more hours a day. Tigers and lions will roam for many miles just to hunt down their pray, and love to run and climb on things. But when these animals are imprisoned in cages and small enclosures at the zoo, they aren’t capable of living up to their natural instincts. “Living without these important things often causes “zoochosis” is a condition in which animals act strangely and even hurt themselves out of boredom and frustration”. Some don't realize all the cons of animals being kept in a zoo.

and for us. One is benefit is that the zoos offer protection from hunters. “Animals are

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.

Chimpanzees swing from trees at the Lincoln zoo in Chicago. Cheetahs run and play at the National zoo in D.C. Giant Pandas Eat Pounds and pounds of bamboo at the San Diego zoo. They all have one thing in common. They Are all Endangered of disappearing from their natural habitat, and zoos are trying to protect and save these animals. Zoos across the country are changing these days to do research on animals, help protect endangered, and Educate young viewers.

Zoos have changed inexplicably since their creation, however, they have not made the full transition to where they need to be. The legal definition of a zoo is, “a park or an institution in which living animals are kept and usually exhibited to the public.” This definition is correct in that zoos today are used for public amusement and little is thought of these animals that go through harsh treatment just for our amusement. Zoos have been around since before Christ and were often owned by people of wealth. This was a normal occurrence for the wealthy to have exotic animals that they used for their own entertainment or just to show off their status. The earliest known zoo was founded in 3500 B.C. near Hierakonpolis, Egypt at one of its most urban center. Another ancient zoo was owned by Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt and was dated back to 1500 B.C. However, Egypt is not the only place that these ancient zoos occupied. Other zoos were also found in places such as China, England, and Australia. Now there are modern zoos in almost every city in the world that boasts an array of animals. With all the different zoos around the world, we see different practices on how these animals are treated and what they are subjected to. And although zoos have been around for ages there never have been any strict guidelines on how to properly treat animals that reside there.

I've noticed how problematic it is to keep and force animals in zoos for your own agenda. Since the act itself infringes on animal rights. I propose that such demeaning actions be met with equal repercussions. Thus leading to the closing of zoos as atonement for overlooking their rights.

Some people agree that animals should be kept in the zoo. They said it would be safer for the animals and they won’t be extinct. The amount of possibilities of them dying, shot by hunters or any other reason, still higher than the chances of their survival. Food and shelter are provided, medicine, and their breeding is being controlled. And many of the wild animals in zoos are ones that are on the endangered list as their amounts are rapidly diminishing. Letting them loose and returning them to the wild is not necessarily a safe option. (Mylot, 2007) In fact, zoo can be one of the educational studies for children and people who are interested with animals. Zoo is the only place that we can have an opportunity to see animal’s life really close and sometimes we can touch them. Zoos also provide lots of information about certain animals, children can have chance to get out of the classroom and learn so they can see natural beauty from different species of animals. Even children can see them from discovery channel but that’s really different if you see animal in real world, for an example, if you see crocodile, snake or shark in the movie, maybe you won’t afraid than you see the real one. According to Tudge, (1992, p.56) Zoos are the place where people can study animals and their habitat, even scientist don’t need to go

I have gathered you here today to inform you about an issue that means a lot to me and should mean a lot to you too. I grew up an animal lover, i love interacting and taking care of them. Before i tell you the issue i want you to take in consideration the lives of these animals and forget about your selfish wants, to stare, poke, and prod at them. These animals that live in zoos, are not happy, here's why. There is not enough space, zoos fuel capacity, and zoos mistreat the animals.The issue is getting worse by the minute please support my cause. Donate to the NNZZ.

When zoos claim to show ‘’natural animal behavior’’ the zoos actually are not showing natural behavior because the animals have nowhere else to go then what they are enclosed to. If the animal is not acting like they would in the wild, they have been in an enclosed area for too long and are most likely to not be used to what happens in the wild. Even though zoos can help with building up a population of an animal, animals should be put in a large fenced in area in the wild where they can still get the help they may need. Zoos should only have animals in for a limited amount of time because if they are in for too long they will not survive in the wild on their own. Animals will not be able to choose their mate, animals are doing the same things over and over, and the placement of animals are not ideal for what a person would see in the wild.

First of all, although zoos attempt to copy the right environment for an animal, it will never provide all an animal would have in their environment nor the large amount of room they’d have. In fact, according to (thebell.global.com) scientists have proven that animals in changes and zoos naturally become stressed which leads to an early death. In addition to that, according to (captiveanimals.org) zoos aren’t even capable of providing the free amount of space animals would have in their habitats. In fact, animals like lions would have 18,000 times more space