Zoos: Is It Right For Animals In Captivity?

“Some people talk to animals. Not many listen thought. That’s the problem.” - A.A. Milne. I feel that this means some people command the animals to work, while not understanding what the animal also wants or needs. In the debate, “Are Zoos Bad News?”, written anonymously, the author reports the ethical and unethical reasoning between zoos. This came after the attack on three victims. In my opinion, the existence of zoos should endure seeing that it educates people, zoos can alter the behaviour of people to animals and zoos promote wildlife conservation.

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.

Zoos have become a very visited place over a person’s lifetime, whether it be for an educational school field trip or for a day of fun. It’s a wonderful experience to be able to see animals up close in a controlled environment, keeping visitors safe from these animals, however do visitors think of what the animals are going through? Zoos are not providing enough space for captivated animals to live causing numerous problems not only involving the animals, but some visitors as well. Zoos should not be allowed to hold animals in captivity unless they significantly increase the size of each cage (change cage into something else).

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.

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 the species not go extinct, it brings happiness to families that go to the zoo, and zoos bring in enough money to build better exhibits. Even though zoos still have negative impacts on animals lives they should still keep animals in

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.

Did you know that there are people who hate zoos for not giving the animals’ their rights to freedom? Many people love zoos, and many people hate zoos. Zoos attract many people, especially children. There are also people who believe zoos are bad, due to them keeping their animals in enclosures, and not letting the animals be free. This argument has been going on for years now, people who love zoos because of their help with keeping animals safe, will not give up to save the world’s animals. There are many zoos all over the world, and none of them treat their animals and people the same as another zoo. Many people don’t like zoos because, they think the animals should be free to do whatever they like and be where they want to be. Others may

Every year, wildlife animals are captured and are kept in captivity in zoos for entertainment. Zoos are unsuitable for animals to live in because the animals feel imprisoned and it affects their health and habits. Animals have their own right to live in the wildness, not in captivity. To many children and adults zoos are created for entertainment. Many people see zoos as a place that kpps animal in captivity. These wildlife animals are cramped in a small cage and are forced to live their rest of their lives inside this cage. Visiting a zoo, many people can tell that a lot of animals are depressed and stressed out. Animals kept captivity in zoos miss their families just as humans do. Animals wait for their day of freedom to come. Living in an

Zoos give us the chance of seeing some of the most endangered species on earth, which might otherwise be a once in a lifetime opportunity. But if it means that the animals don’t get the life that they deserve, should we be visiting them, paying, or enjoying it, just to see animals in captivity? Some places allow animals to roam freely about their zoo, but most don’t. Many zoos force animals to stay behind bars their entire life, and lots of babies are born in captivity. However, some people may argue that although animals are being held captive, animals don’t feel the same way as us, so we can’t compare it to how a human might feel in those circumstances. Also, people want to be able to see some of the rarest and most endangered species on

Why are zoos taking animals out of the wild? They Are meant to be wild. They take animals out of their natural habitat. I believe that zoos are not good for animals

Animals need to be in their natural habitat, instead they are in an area too small and not the same. Animals are more likely to get diseases spread from other animals. By being in captivity it can cause animals physical and emotional distress. Animals should not be kept in zoos because animals deserve to be in their natural habitat away from physical and emotional stress of zoo life. Stress and lack of exercise affects the animals’ health.

There are those who contend that it is merciless to deprive animals of freedom and captivate them in zoos. It follows, therefore, they claim that all zoos should be shut down. Their detractors, however, argue that zoos are efficient in protecting endangered animals from extinction. As far as I am concerned, I strongly favour the latter contention.

Some animals love living in an enclosure but, some animals don’t. People did a studies on polar bears and found out that a polar bear spends 25% of their day pacing around inside of their enclosure, and infant mortality for animals that live in an enclosure is around 65%. Polar bears have a wide range of thirty-one thousand square miles of roaming space out in the wild, but inside of an enclosure it is about 1 millionth of that. Animals stress over lack of variety in food, and not having things to hide behind that allows them to not be seen from a point of view as they would have out in the wild. None of the animals have their own space so they sometimes fight to retain what they think is rightfully theirs. Although animals don’t have enough space in zoos something that is equally important is the conditions that the animals have to live

The question if wild animals should live in city zoos is a question that has come up quite often. There are multiple opinions, pros and cons to the safety and welfare of the wild animals. Zoo officials do not take notice of the harm in keeping the wild animals away from their natural environment, they contemplate it more as keeping the animals in a safe environment where they can thrive and acquire the utmost care. Not everybody has the same mindset on this issue. Many animal rights activist groups and well educated citizens continue to educate the media on the topic of the harm and dangers of keeping wild animals in zoos. They strongly feel it is animal abuse to keep such animals contained in a space that is not even close to the magnitude that they require and accustomed to. Animal rights activists ' also feel that it is mentally unhealthy and is the cause for the unpredictable behavior of the animals and the attacks that have taken place. Both sides have strong arguments and documentations to support their standpoint.