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    This question has come across the minds and hearts of children and adults who have visited a zoo. The answer often given is not a pleasant one to many. After doing a lot of reading and research, the answer to that question is simple “no.” Many of these animals are used to living in the wild, where they can be feral and free. In captivity, they are extremely limited as to what they can do. Commendably, the zoos do care for their needs such as food, healthcare, and so forth. The overall goals of zoological

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    Effects on Lions in Canadian Zoos Statement of Purpose: We have written this paper to gain insight on lions in captivity and establish the differences between lions in the wild and in zoos. The paper will focus on the mental, behavioural and physical effects, while also stating how zoos are involved in conservation. Background: Zoos are a key aspect in preserving wildlife and educating the public. They have come extremely far from what they used to be, which was an attraction where the

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    Taking a family trip to a zoo or a safari park with the kids generally entails a day of fun and exotic entertainment. Children feast their beady eyes on the exotic animals showcased and are in awe at the fascinating things the animals perform. Despite the happiness generated at these locations, people fail to realize the gruesome facts that occur behind the scenes of zoos and safari parks. Although entertainment and education are associated with animal captivity, it remains to be a cruel practice

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    Issue: Animals in zoos, circuses, aquariums and circuses. Position: Animals should not be kept in captivity such as zoos, aquariums, or circuses. Animals should not be kept in captivity such as zoos, aquariums, or circuses. Keeping animals away from their home, the wild, has sown no educational benefits. It is not safe for the animals nor the people visiting zoos. There is not much entertainment being gained from it either since visitors only spend a few minutes or even seconds taunting or glancing

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    are criticised for housing animals in zoos or even theme parks. These obstacles have made it more difficult to effectively protect endangered animals and educate about the importance of conservation. Dedicated researchers and zoologists also struggle when studying the behavior and ecology of these animals because of this criticism. Zoos have not always been classified as public institutes geared to entertain and educate in a family friendly way. The common zoo that society is familiarized with today

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    Tigers, zebras, and gorillas are wonderful and interesting yet some never should be pets and belong in the zoo. There are two sides to this question some argue that people should be able to keep wild animals as pets or in captivity because it provides protection for the animals and zoos help educate visitors about animals but others say they shouldn’t be able to keep wild animals as pets or in captivity because of the wide spread of disease and because of untrained owners. People and organizations

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    People go to zoos and aquariums and think nothing of the animals. One pays to see the lion do absolutely nothing, and it does this because it knows that this day is no different than every other day. Animals may have given birth recently, yet one sees the baby because it has been taken and sold off to another zoo. Some may argue that zoos and Aquariums are the source to why animals live longer. Although it has been proven, that even while being in captivity, “many animals suffer mentally from their

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    Room: How Zoos And Aquariums Handle Hurricanes” by Danny Nett he talks about what the hurricanes and aquariums did in florida to prepare for Irma. He talks about the emergency plan that the zoo and aquarium took to protect the workers and animals working there. He talks with the CEO of the company that owns the zoo and the communications director on there plan to stay put in the Hurricane. Is this the right plan or are they putting the animals and workers lives at risk? In my opinion, the zoo made there

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    Captivity Zoos have been around for many years, the first one opening on July 1, 1987 in Philadelphia, USA. Although the quality of zoos has changed and developed over the many years since then, some people believe that the zoos shouldn’t exist, including organisations that strive to close down zoos and return the animals back to their natural habitat. Even though some zoos have billions invested into them they will never really be able to compete with an animal’s natural habitat. Zoos attempt to

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    Millions of people visit the zoo to see the animals and they believe that the zoos are inhumane and that the animals should not be kept in captivity. I am both ways, I think they should be kept in captivity but then again I feel bad and they should be. There are many reasons why animals are kept in captivity and I think that having them stay in a zoo is a lot better than having them stay in something way worse or locked up with the wrong people. A good zoo will provide great care and protection

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