Animals Should Not Be Kept In Zoos Essay

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    Animals in Captivity Everyday people go to zoos with intentions of having a good time without realizing they are paying for animals to be held in captivity for the rest of their lives. In recent discussion, the decision to keep animals in captivity is a very controversial topic. Many people are towards the decision that zookeepers should keep the wild animals captive for the entertainment of others, while on the contrary many are against it. However nobody has done anything to get the animals

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    75 big cats, including Tatiana, have been killed because of such incidents. The solution? PETA and other say get rid of zoos.” Zoos not only hurts human but it also hurts animals. This quotes emphasizes that many zoo animals are victims of death.

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    typically walk around forty miles a day and in packs that can reach up to one hundred members. In zoos, they sometimes have a companion or two and an enclosure that is only a few miles in width and length(6). Zoos have been in existence for a long time, with the earliest known zoo dating back to 3500 B.C. (5).Every year the approximated, seven hundred million people enjoy visits to the zoo, the animals in these zoos however, do not always have as favorable of a time. Most people do not even bother to question

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    I . Animal captivity is common in many zoos and aquariums worldwide. It has been going on for more than 50 years and many people enjoy watching it but it needs to end right away. Animals captivity is when they take a healthy animal from the wild and put them in bad conditions that tend to make them die faster. There has been a lot of deaths of animals and people from animals in captivity because they got taken away from their homes, and they aren’t used to being touched or screamed at to do something

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    28, 2016, a young boy, only three years old, accidently fell into the Gorilla World Habitat in the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. As a result, the boy was in an extremely dangerous situation with a male silverback gorilla named Harambe. The ginormous gorilla dragged the helpless little boy around, disorienting the little boy. After a while, when the boy was in critical condition, zoo officials had to shoot and kill the gorilla just to keep the little boy safe. Luckily the boy survived this incident

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    Are animals safe in zoos? Are zoos main priority profit, and not animal welfare, therefore capitalizing on breeding, buying, and selling animals? There are many pros and many cons of animals being kept in zoos. A couple of those pros and perspectives are, conducting research, education and conservation opportunities for the animals. While also, zoos providing many benefits to animals that normally would have not received them, such as training. On the flip side, there are a couple cons. Some of

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    Imagine going to the zoo. Getting to see all sorts of unique animals. But has anyone wondered if the zoo is helping animals or is it the opposite? People had despised zoos for animal captivity and complained that zoos should be illegal. Why is that? Other’s imagine animals in a cramped cage as they are treated poorly, but that is not the case. Zoos had existed for a while and they have been helping animals ever since. Zoos should not be illegal because it keeps all animals safe and well fed,

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    ’’According to CNN, animal advocacy group Born Free reports that there have been 256 injuries in zoos due to animal attacks over the past 26 years, resulting in 33 deaths.’’ Every single year there are many animals killed or injured in zoo’s. There are numerous zoo’s placed all over the United States. The zoo’s keep the animals trapped in a fenced in enclosure with little to no water source or spacious area. Numerous people disagree with the fact various breeds are mixed in the same enclosure. People

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    they give me safety. Animals living under these circumstances may feel this way. Zoos are used for research and information about the animal kingdom. Zoos benefit people, by teaching them about animals. However, are zoos fair for the animals? Zoos have benefits, nevertheless they also have disadvantages.

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    Animals can be harmed in a zoo if not careful and knowing what the zoo can do. Zoos should not exist but i will settle for being fined these are some reasons zoos should be fined for the animals poor state of place and mind this can mean bad things for people that try hard for a living and are just trying to help the animals but are they helping no they are not they are just making things a lot worse. First, the Animals kept in a zoo will never truly know what it's like to be a real animal. The animals

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