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Is it ethical to keep animals in captivity and use them for personal wants? Animals are constantly being taken away from their homes and put on display. Trainers make them perform at the circus and in aquariums. They are held in zoos so they can be seen by millions. Some are even kept as pets like monkeys, lions, and tigers. Exotic animals such as snakes, birds, turtles and more have all experienced the downfalls of captivity. It is unethical to keep animals in captivity because its putting humans

The movie Zootopia is about a rabbit whose hope of becoming a police officer takes her from her families’ carrot farm to the nearby city of Zootopia. After being assigned to a case about a missing mammal she pairs up with a fox to find other animals who have been poisoned, causing them to become dangerously violent towards those around them. Though prey animals used to be afraid of predators in earlier times, they have evolved to where all species live in peace, but now these animals are believed

Animals: Not for Hire Like every other child, I would always feel so excited when my parents would bring me to the zoo and let me see how cute, gentle, and frightening different kinds of animals are. However, don’t you ever wonder how these animals see us? Stripped from their homes where they can be free and continue to do their roles, these animals are mistreated, depressed, driven to insanity, and are prone to sickness while in captivity. Wild animals who are kept in areas solely for the purpose

Zoo's Payton Cook Animals do not deserve to be trapped in zoo's, zoo animals need to stay in the wild. While most people see that zoos are keeping animals from thriving, some don’t. Animals have rights just like we people do. Animals deserve more than what they receive. Animals need space to roam, they aren't given it in zoo's. While they do have space, they don’t have as much as they would in the wild. Animals should not be confined. Animals need space to roam, without it they aren’t as

In the article, “Should we have zoos?” by Shayna Orens, it talks about the arguments between keeping or getting rid of zoos. Zoos can seem like a fun place to go learn about species you have never seen before but it seems to be very inhumane for the animals. It almost violates the basic way of living for the animals and takes away their natural habitat. It's a waste of money building these enclosures when it is still not going to be exactly what animals are looking for to live the way they are supposed

allowed out. This seems like prison correct? This is also what zoos do. Zoos were created for the sole purpose of entertainment for people. Many people think that a zoo is a safe place because it keeps the animal safe from predators, and it gives them a place to live, but it eliminates their chance to experience nature, and live with their own kind. Most of these animals are forced to live in small enclosures as well, and when a zoo has too many animals, some are killed. Why do we let this happen

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

with curiosity, sensing that he has changed. Ben is afraid for the fate of the animals but Ellie tells them they will have a better chance outside of the zoo than at the hands of Molly. The first of the animals are released. Chapter 16: Chas’s gang attacks as Ben and Ellie free the animals. Raja is confused when Ben calls him to leave the zoo. Ben wants to warn the other gang members but it is too late, Chas and Molly’s gangs are determined to fight to the death. Realising that he has been tricked

put exotic animals, aquatic and terrestrial, in zoos or aquariums where people can go to see them to learn more about them in order to protect them. It just so happens that by putting these animals into captivity, we are causing more damage to them, just as damage is occurring in the wild and more species are becoming extinct. Animals should not be held in captivity; it does not save them from going extinct, but helps kill them off. The first zoo in the United States was established in 1874 in Philadelphia

he family of a boy who entered a Cincinnati Zoo gorilla 's enclosure last weekend -- spurring zoo officials to shoot and kill the animal -- will be the focus of an investigation into the incident, Cincinnati police said Tuesday. The 3-year-old boy was dragged across a moat by the 450-pound gorilla on Saturday. After a 10-minute encounter, Cincinnati Zoo officials shot and killed the beloved and endangered gorilla, named Harambe. The boy was not seriously injured. Cincinnati police said Tuesday that