Human zoo

What do you think about zoos keeping animals away from their natural habitat? Are they good or bad for animals? Zoos are a place for people to see wild animals up close and personal. There are many reasons why animals are there; they could have been sick and needed care or they were just taken from their families to be displayed in a zoo. Many think that animals should be in zoos because they are cared for and it’s an amazing experience to see an animal up close. However, others think it’s cruel

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. Research has shown this has caused animals to suffer serious health problems, this results in dying at a younger age. Animals show stereotypical behaviors when in captivity; like pacing, bar biting, rocking, and head bobbing. These behaviors have no purpose other than being bored and coping with the stress zoos give them

city, a zoo serves as an escape from the frantic urban vivacity, and offers a nature space that humans inherently and biologically desire. It is no surprise that zoos take advantage of this opportunity to market and boast the glimpse of wildlife they offer. However, there is a full range of natural animal behaviors that zoos are reluctant to showcase to visitors, such as killing and eating prey or even the smell of a chimpanzee. Why is that the case? To a reader, it may seem paradoxical for zoos to tailor

lower than humans and have no real importance or worth. This is an example of how some animals are treated and it’s not just happening at

do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” -Albert Einstein. Thousands of people are in the debate if zoos should be legal. Zoos must not be legal because the animals can get an illness from being in captivity and get hurt or mistreated by the owners and workers. Zoos must not be legal because captivity drives the animals to get an illness called zoochosis. Humans and animals are very much alike. Zoochosis happens because animals are forced to live in unnatural habitats that the animals

been to a zoo or a wildlife refuge? You have seen the way the animals act for our entertainment. I feel that animals should be left in the wild where they were naturally meant to live. In zoos, they have limited space; some zoos even show cruelty to their animals. Animals are being taken out of their natural habitat only for the owners to make money off of them. I feel strongly that having animals in captivity for human enjoyment is not what God intended to happen. In many of the zoos that i have

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 should not be allowed. Captivity affects animals

Over the centuries, wild animals have always fascinated humans. As a result, wild animals have been put on display, but the logistics of these displays have changed throughout the years to resemble zoos humans now visit (Rutledge et al, 2014). Enclosures were once very small and did not provide the opportunity for stimulation that the animals need. There has been a shift from small, sterile enclosures to larger, more natural enclosures (Shepherdson, 1998). This change in the care of captive animals

every day. Zoo workers are just like pet owners, keeping the animals healthy and fed. Some people think zoos should no longer exist. There are zoos out there that are not the best but there are more good zoos than bad. Zoos conserve animals, breed animals, help humans gain knowledge about wild animals, entertain, and create jobs. If people never saw animals doing amazing things like a whale blowing water out of its blow hole they wouldn’t care to hear that the whales are going extinct. Zoos have more

with the animals to receive reactions, that is through throwing objects or calling to them. In 1874, when the Philadelphia Zoo opened, a sloth was poked to death by the walking sticks and umbrellas of visitors within a week (“From Zoo Cage”). Zoos need to start taking into consideration the intent of humans on seeing the animals and that the animals being so close to humans will negatively affect their health. Another cause for the physical health deterioration of animals in captivity