Wild Animals In Captivity

Animals gain unnatural behaviors in captivity. This psychological issue is called zoochosis. Zoochosis is normally seen when animals are held captive in an artificial environment which is created by humans. Examples of zoochosis, are pacing back and forth, neck twisting, tongue playing and bar biting. Furthermore, overgrowing, self mutilation and just plain out hurting themselves are all terrible conditions that come with this issue. Bears are active 18 hrs per day, while they explore their ranges. Lions and tigers love climbing, roaming, running for miles. (to hunt) Without this ability can cause the condition where animals can hurt themselves from boredom or frustration. Animals pace back and forth, monkeys and birds can injure themselves, giraffes twist their necks and swinging their heads back and forth, elephants sway and bob their heads. Maggie the elephant, forced to spend days in small enclosed space because of the outdoor temperatures. She protested to exercise and got severe foot problems, whereas in the wild she would walk about 48 km each day. The harm that animals can do to themselves both mentally and physically, is threatening their own lives. This is why we should let them go, and let them live

The first reason that zoos are inhumane is because while in confinement, animals’ needs are rarely met. In fact, often times these life altering changes made in captivity can have tremendously destructive effects on the animals.

For one thing, many animals in captivity are animals that were found sick or injured, and are being nursed back to health. Danielle Pucillo, a previous volunteer at a zoo, states, “the zoo where I volunteered rehabilitated various birds of prey,

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

As claimed in the LCA article, ”Animals in zoos are forced to live in artificial, stressful, and downright boring conditions”(User, Super). Evidence shows time to time that animals are being affected by zoos. There are many things hidden behind the facilities, that many people do not know about. The animals are being held in conditions that no animal should ever live in. Even though some zoos do focus on helping the animals, they are not as beneficial to the animal because they are not provided with the proper care and attention they need and zoos do not try to fix their problems.

A short documentary film, ‘Zoochosis’, highlights odd behaviors captive animals can exhibit. These unnatural behaviors are repetitive, such as rocking, vomiting, head-bobbing, pacing, and other repetitive actions. Although the cause is still unknown, many experts believe one of the reasons for this disorder is extreme stress (Ramos). When animals are placed in enclosures with animals they aren’t compatible with, it can often lead to aggression and hostility. This is an unhealthy and stressful environment for the animals and, if stress is the cause of zoochosis, can lead to the unnatural behaviors.

Today at this symposium, I stand before all the zoo supporters, animal rights organizations, and press present on behalf of animal rights advocates to end animal captivity and fight for animal rights.

With the elephants and lions, the reason they are pacing and stuff is because they have developed stress. The animals can also produce stress when they have humans outside of their enclosure teasing them or annoying them. There have been many videos and sighting of animals coming up to the glass and banging on it or just plainly trying to get through because they are so mad.

We hear time and time again that it is not good to take an animal out of his habitat. We also hear that the Zoos are killing the animals faster. According to Berger (2010), the most evident environmental rhythm is the daily cycle, which includes strong periodic changes in light intensity, temperature and ultraviolet radiation. Light appears to be the most important zeitgeber (Dunlap et al., 2004). Many people think the animals are solely being beaten and that is why they die. Studies show most animals dying from the habitats they are in. All living is temporally organized and rhythmic. Accordingly, an organism's temporal organization is vital and disturbing the temporal order of an individual can lead to a general lack of well-being, illness and, perhaps, death. Investigations should be included in all management guidelines (similar to those established for the demands of animals for room or food quality).Investigations need long-term and continuous registration of behavioral or physiological parameters. Different types of video-camera systems were used in several investigations on zoo animals (revealing not only valuable pictures but also an insight into hidden-life aspects of zoo animals, both for researchers and for visitors) but this method demands enormous and time-consuming analytical efforts. New automated measuring techniques (e.g. swallow

The first reason that zoos are inhumane is because while in confinement, animals’ needs are rarely met. In fact, often times these life altering changes made in captivity can have tremendously destructive effects on the animals.

Do you think that animals should be kept in captivity there whole life's. When people put animals in zoos or captivity that keeps the animal safe. 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 them not go extinct, it brings happiness to families that go the zoo, and zoos bring in enough money to build better animal enclosures.

The author of this article, Michael D. Lemonick, discusses how some animals aren't able to be kept humanely in captivity. This article mainly focuses on elephants that are kept in captivity. Normally elephants roam up to, if not more than, 30 miles a day and they socialize with up to 20 other elephants a day. While in captivity, elephants are not experiencing their lives the way they should. If an elephant is in an exhibit that is too small for them, they can develop serious health issues such as, foot problems, arthritis, and even premature deaths. Most zoos aren't equipped to take care of elephants like they should. Lemonick discusses zoos across the country that have stopped exhibiting elephants altogether, due to severe issues seen in elephants.

Animals raised in captivity are the most unfortunate of all. They go through grave conditions with no chance of survival. Over 3000 animals die per second due to slaughter. Over 56 billion die because of slaughter per year (www.animalequality.net/food). The consternation behind the walls of slaughterhouses will leave you dumbfounded. The way animals are treated is atrocious. Animals raised in captivity are treated bestially from the time their born to the time they die.

The zoo is packed with children, running everywhere. They laugh and smile as they watch the animals at the zoo sleep. What these children do not realize is that these animals are dying on the inside. Animals that live at the zoo are extremely depressed. These animals can suffer severe psychological disorders from being out of their natural environment. But others argue that keeping these animals in captivity will help keep endangered species alive. However, the disadvantages of keeping animals in captivity are becoming more and more serious, and more people are beginning to believe that animals should not be held captive. Animals should not be kept in captivity because of the negative impact it can have

responsible in creating. A common case amongst zoo animals is that of anxiety. This can be due to several factors in the zoo environment. This includes animals strict diet, the constant attention from zoo goers, lack of companions, and loss of freedom. The animals may be unaware to how they have ended up in their situation, but their instincts know something isn’t right. There have also been cases of depression with zoo animals. Most cases of depression are due to lack of companions or a loss of a companion, if a zoo animal is surrounded by a companion and the companion passes the behavior of the animal changes. For example, in NY Times article Zoo Animals and their Discontent by Alex Halberdtadt he mentions a male gibbon who struggled psychologically, displaying behavior qualities after the passing of his companion,” He ate less, moved less and sometimes refused to go on exhibit.” (paragraph 25 line 9-10). Behaviorist Virga believed the cause to be grief, which happened to last for a quarter of the year. The psychological effect physically caused the animal harm regarding its health. In the wild gibbons live a life with several companions so when one dies, the loss isn’t as tragic or mentally straining on the animal. This affliction zoos have on its animals is correlated to captivity in general.