Persuasive Essay On Zoos

People think that animals want to be in zoos, but they really do not. In some zoos the owners or zookeepers see how the environment is making the animals feel bad or good and they try to change it by giving the animals a similar habitat to where they came from. All three stories “The Stripes Will Survive”, “The Zoos Go Wild”, and “Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment” deal with protecting animals but they all do so in different ways.

The author reveals that zoos help protect animals that are either endangered or threatened. The author wants the reader to understand that zoos can help keep animals safe from natural threats and from going extinct. Moreover, the author can make his point using pathos.

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.

Animals can be sent to zoos to get the protection they need if they were found with an injury or abandoned by their mother and so on. Once they are healthy, they will either be under research in the zoo or be released once they are healthy

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.

Thesis: All zoos should be overhauled and replaced with free-range territories or back into the wild to help these animals avoid the detrimental effects that zoo’s cause on their health and to stop teaching people that is okay to imprison these animals.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t hide the fact that visitors may unintentionally or intentionally lead to the death of an animal by feeding (despite warnings) or by introducing foreign bodies into the enclosure. There are many cases in where visitors intentionally mess with the animals to receive reactions, that is through throwing objects or calling to them. In 1874, when the Philadelphia Zoo opened, a sloth was poked to death by the walking sticks and umbrellas of visitors within a week (“From Zoo Cage”). Zoos need to start taking into consideration the intent of humans on seeing the animals and that the animals being so close to humans will negatively affect their health. Another cause for the physical health deterioration of animals in captivity

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

The sight of an unfamiliar animal can be a welcome distraction, even a short-term remedy, for a sick child. But you can't put a leash and a surgical mask on a rhino and march it through the front door of a hospital for a visit. That's why zoos and aquariums across the U.S. are teaming up with pediatric hospitals. They are beaming in video footage of sea otters getting their teeth brushed, tiger cubs getting belly rubs, and pandas munching on bamboo.

Costa Rica is home to only two zoos, however, it is one of the first nations to attempt to close all of their zoos within their country and release their captured animals back into the wild. Costa Rica was also the first country within their region to ban sport hunting completely. However, the government set the Simon Bolivar Zoo and the Santa Ana Conservation to close in March of 2014, which the zoos claimed was not enough notice to end their contract. Because of this, the zoos took it to court, where it was decided that the government did terminate their contract early, so the zoos have been granted more time. Now, they have ten more years until they will be forced to close in 2024 (Laylin). CNN writer Rafael Romo describes that the “most recent dispute over zoo animals has already made its way to the courts, and much like the animals at its center, it’s already getting wild.” The Simo Bolivar Zoo will be turned into a botanical garden, and as for the Santa Ana Conservation, it will be turned into a park.

Because humans have in the past destroyed animal habitats, we have tried to help the animals in some way, by taking in what is endangered. But is the way they are currently doing it the very best way? Zoos have been around for centuries, and their conditions haven’t always been the best. But recently they have progressed really well from what they were. Even though zoos have many helpful benefits, zoos should instead have a capture and release system. Quick release would help preserve the innate instincts they have to survive, and it would keep their hunting and survival skills intact. Also, while in the care of the zoo the animal will be in a confined space, it wouldn’t be there for long compared to if they were a permanent resident at the zoo.

The author described, "With several programs supported toward both children and adults, zoos educate people about the importance of conservation and the needs and demands of animals" (Zoos: The Historical Debate). After being educated about these animals, people may spark a passion for biology, conservation, and the environment (The Conversation). In Britain, all accredited zoos must at least have an education program and a written strategy with it (The Conversation). Also, some accredited zoos reach further than these basic requirements to educate people (The Conservation). Zoos help educate people, but they also support further wildlife

Imagine waking up to an unrecognizable habitat and being forced to live in a small cage

The first zoo’s that were established were a way for the wealthy and Royalty to display gifts of animals that were commonly given to confirm political transactions or to impress the royals, and demonstrate their power in the social hierarchy. Nowadays it’s illegal to gift someone a lion to confirm a business deal. Good afternoon fellow classmates today I will be shedding some light on a topic that has been kept in the dark. Though many have tried to make this problem a priority it has been continuously ignored. Even with several attempts at media exposure such as the ‘‘blackfish documentary" we have still failed to raise enough concern in the hearts of our nation to have a true impact. This is why it's my opinion that we should no longer support zoos for the following

The earth is filled with a variety of animals and over the course of human history, the evolution of such species has been altered due to human interference. Throughout history, humans have used animals for entertainment such as the Coliseum, circus, and in modern time places like the zoo aquarium and sanctuaries. The use of animals for educational and entertainment proposes has been criticized by many people to be immoral where others have argued it to be moral. In some cases, animals that in a verge of extinction have been saved thanks to human interference and in some, it has made it worst in which human interference have increased the process of extinction. Therefore, understanding the difference between which comfort the animal and which hinder them is an important topic that will allow us to answer should animals be kept in the Zoo.