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    Humans are specimens of habitat and cannot seem to understand whatever we do has a severe ripple effect on ourselves and living organisms, we are all a part of the earth’s hierarchy and we need to preserve its balance. Various studies have proven that humans are the ultimate cause of the oceans ecosystem matters. This results in the ocean failing to sustain itself, so we need to take action. The clock is ticking and the ocean is suffering from pollution, overfishing, habitat alteration, bycatching

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    Do you remember the last time you went to a zoo? Do you remember the animals? Well those same animals you saw are being mistreated by the zoos. You only see them for a few hours and you don’t know what the zoos are doing to the animals. They say zoos are helping animals but they are harming them instead What if it was you that was in their place? Being kept on enclosures and separated from your family. Zoos are not ethical because they are many things that could go wrong in zoos, animals live for

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    in the same place every day? Well, animals in zoos are forced to! Can we really say that animals in zoos, enjoy being taken away from their parents and natural habitats? The answer to that question is ‘No!’. Did you know that tigers and lions have nearly eighteen thousand times less space in a zoo than they do in their natural habitat and polar bears

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    Zoos Are Inhumane

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    Zoos Are Inhumane Zoos across the world claim to be safe, suitable homes that replicate habitats of animals that are usually found in the wild. However, there is no possible way for wild habitats to be replicated well enough for animals in captivity to thrive, animals are often separated and withheld from living as they would in the wild. Despite their argument of being educational for visitors, the only thing they are teaching the public is that it is ok to take animals out of the wild and lock

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    “In the wild, elephants walk up to 30 miles each day, bears are active for up to 18 hours a day exploring their home ranges for up to hundreds of miles, and tigers and lions love running and climbing and will roam many miles to hunt.” But not in zoos. When locked behind bars, animals live cramped, lonely lives. All the natural and important things animals do in the wild vanish. Birds lose the privilege of flying. Lions, usually living among large herds, are kept alone. Zoos have negative effects

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    Zoos Are Inhumane

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    Zoos across the world claim to be safe, suitable homes that replicate habitats of animals that are usually found in the wild. However, there is no possible way for wild habitats to be replicated well enough for animals in captivity to thrive, animals are often separated and withheld from living as they would in the wild. Despite their argument of being educational for visitors, the only thing they are teaching the public is that it is ok to take animals out of the wild and lock them up for their

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    variety of settings, including research and product testing, the entertainment industry, fur farms, and the exotic ‘pet’ trade” (Born Free USA). Zoos are holding animals all around the world captive. Zoos are not letting them live in their natural habitats and roam free. Captive animals are are not healthy and it's not good for the environment. For example bornfreeusa.org states “Every year, captive exotic animals are involved in incidents in which humans are injured or even killed.” Animal captivity

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    A terrifying situation occurred on May 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

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    Once upon a time there was a village named Catastrophe. I’m sure you all are wondering why the village is named this, well that is a long story. Many years ago there were two brothers, twins in fact. The evil twin was named joey, while the good twin was named timmy. How did joey become evil? well, it all started when they were little. Timmy always got all the attention growing up, everyone always gave him praise for all his good work. Joey felt neglected, so he decided that if they wouldn’t give

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    enhancing nature. Artificial structures, such as the landfills and flood control gates aid in protection of property, but cause destruction of certain animal habitats. However, artificial structures in the Bay Area have an ecotonal relationship with nature. Building the floodgates sacrifice the habitat in place of the floodgate, but in the long term, protects more habitats. In “The Ecotone” by James Clifford, Clifford shows the university has a symbiotic relationship with nature. In “Man, the Dominant

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