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Zoo Animal Mistreatment

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Zoo Animal Mistreatment

Have you ever been to the zoo? Don't you love to see all of the beautiful and exotic animals? I always loved seeing all the different reptiles, even though I’m terrified of snakes. Whenever I visit zoos, always in the back of my mind, I would think that this is wrong. Keeping animals locked up with no freedom whats-so-ever. Animals should be out in the wild, running free, and being themselves. They should not be caged up or should they be forced to perform for tricks just to prove that they can be taught to something for our our amusement. This is why I think all zoos should be shut down. If a person wants to see an exotic animal they should visit the animal’s habitat.

Many people don't know what goes on inside of zoos. There have been many stories of zoos killing animals just because they didn't have enough room for more animals. A Danish zoo killed 4 Lions and a Giraffe recently for more space. I think that defeats the purpose of zoos because I always thought that zoos rescued endangered animals and gave them a place to stay. Killing lions and giraffes is horrible, I have read that lions don't view humans as prey and will avoid them in the wild.So a human killing a lion is very cowardly. These people should be locked up for killing these animals. If a person can go to jail just by killing a dog, Then why would it be ok to kill a zoo animal. Many humans wouldn’t like to be kept in a small area surrounded by high wired fences and be

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