Zoochosis And Pandatory Research

Zoos have always been criticized because some claim that animals are being abused and mistreated due to the lack and care of certain zoos. However, zoos actually help many animals with research and are critically important for conservation purposes. People need to understand that zoos have programs that breed endangered animals as well as rescue programs for exotic animals that people are no longer able to support. Also, they have many hands on activities that allow people to get more connected to animals. In addition, zoos do not only focus on animals. They focus on environmental problems/concerns as well. Zoos help us stay educated about environmental impacts and animal care.

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.

Imprisoned animals are unable to have control over their natural environment because they are estranged from their natural dwellings for a long time. The book titled Animal Madness: Inside their Minds by Laurel Braitman (2015) exposes the tragic destiny of the wild animals in zoological gardens who suffer psychologically by developing abnormal behaviours such as pacing, circling, bar biting, self-mutilation and neck twisting. These abnormal behaviours are interpreted as ‘zoochosis’, and the caged animals have an immense tendency to form this abnormality due to their boredom, frustration and lack of

Do you know that feeling when you have no privacy or personal space and you just want to express violence, well that is how zoo animals feel every day. I am against zoos because animals are not able to run free, can be mistreated, and can cause animals to come out aggressive towards others.

About it. Some people believe that the zoos are bad for animals. In my opinion animals need to be free and were taking it away from them. There sad being locked up in a cage.

One of the most fun, visually amazing functions to visit are zoo's. Growing up as a kid going to the zoo was so much fun and basically guaranteed a great day out. People have been complaining and questioning the role of zoo's for a long time now. Some claim that it actually kills the animals off faster. Others claim that zoo's actually help protect and preserve the lives of these animals. Only one can make a reasonable argument by studying sources, and finding out statistics. Based off of the articles, "The Stripes Will Survive", "The Zoos Go Wild", and "Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment", we can truly get in-depth analysis about the role zoo's play.

Because of increasing environmental impacts from human activities, a growing number of captive breeding programs are being initiated to salvage endangered species and/or populations from extinction (IUCN 199; Seddon et al., 2007). Historically, many of these programs have been met with considerable difficulty (Philippart, 1995, Snyder et al., 1996; Frankham, 2008). There are some basic provisions that are common to all including aspects of animal such as animal accommodation and facilities; special needs of particular species, animal welfare and nutrition, veterinary attention and facilities, hygiene, emergency procedures, staff training and facilities (Macdonald and Charlton, 2000). But lives of animals in nowadays zoos are being endangered as these basic

Some people may argue that zoos are good for sick or injured animals; however, while they can help nurture babies and bring sick creatures back to health, they are not safe for healthy animals. Dr. Lesley Dickey estimates that every year about 3,000 to 5,000 animals are ‘management euthanized’ in European zoos (Barnes). This means that zoos put down animals if there is not enough space for them. This is called zoo culling. Some zoos even dissect animals in front of guests that they killed. Zoos are for caring for animals, there is no place for cruelty. Although most zoos don’t kill surplus animals, that doesn’t make them innocent. Some animals don’t live as long in zoos as they do in the wild. The median life span in European zoos for African

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.

     If you have ever stepped into a zoo, you have stepped into a prison in which the inmates are defenseless and innocent, the sentence is long, and the penalty is cruel and severe. Zoos are not made for educational purposes but for entertainment, they do not benefit animals but push them toward extinction. "Zoos range in size and quality from cage-less parks to small roadside menageries with concrete slabs and iron bars." (Zoos: Pitiful Prisons.) The larger the zoo and the greater the number and variety of the animals it contains, the more it costs to provide quality care for the animals. Although more than 112 million people visit zoos in the U.S. and Canada every year,

Animals that are held in captivity for the majority of their life will never get to experience the outside world in which they should rightfully be living in. These animals are held in cages or sanctuaries that are not sustainable for the living conditions in which they would have outside of the zoo. By living in such a small environment, animals experience a condition called “zoochosis.” This condition causes an animal to experience “bar biting, coprophagia, self-mutilation, circling, rocking, sawing, pacing, rolling, twisting, nodding of

Zoos have made an appearance in almost all of our lives at some point. These wildlife parks are seen as a form of entertainment where visitors pay to see all of the beautiful animals roam around their small, individual habitats, and study their every move. We as humans are oblivious to the fact that these animals kept in small enclosures are nowhere near as happy as the people watching them from the outside. According to a survey taken by the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (2011), in collaboration with national and regional zoo associations, “annually more than 700 million people visit zoos and aquariums worldwide”. Although zoos today involve a more humane treatment of animals than zoos in the past, they still deny animals their basic rights. Behind the walls of these cages are hidden acts of

Zoos cannot provide the same amount of space as the animals have in the wild. Tigers and lions have around 18,000 times less space than they do in the wild. That means zoos are bad for animals. Some animals get a disease called Zoochosis, they get taken away from their families, and the people that work at the zoo's, get them for money and attention. There are many more reasons that zoos are bad for animals.

A widely-believed argument is that zoos forced animals to live in an unnatural environment, making them stressed and sick. Many zoo animals live in a different environment than the one they lived in before. Animals will feel discomfort or stress, ‘...the animal will not be at peace.’(Martel, p50). Most

Not only do zoos cause physical damage to animals, but also, they cause mental and emotional issues in wild animals. After all animals do display signs of consciousness, so they do have feelings about being locked up in displays and cages around the clock. Recently, a group of animal researchers signed a declaration proclaiming that animals are self-aware. Alex Halberstadt’s article called “Zoo Animals and Their Discontent” stated, “The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness in Human and Nonhuman Animals --- was signed by a group of leading animal researchers in the presences of Stephen Hawking. It asserted that mammals, birds, and other creatures like octopuses possess consciousness, and in all likelihood, emotions and self-awareness.” Several animals remember and feel emotion, so leaving them in a box all day seems slightly torturous. Humans should have empathy for the contained animals. “It turns out common shore crabs feel and remember pain, zebra flinches experience REM sleep, fruit-fly brothers cooperate, dolphins and elephants recognize themselves in mirrors, chimpanzees assist one another without expecting favors in return, and dogs really do feel elation in their owner’s presence” (Halberstadt). These feelings sometimes have some dangerous effects, as animals can and do act out against their aggressors.