Reasons To Rethink Zoo Animals

Have you ever wondered how animals feel behind bars, caged up in a smaller exhibits instead of being free in their natural habitat? Animals have been kept in captivity for almost 150 years now! Animals should be kept in their natural habitat because it's causing behavior change and they're being kept in smaller exhibits instead of free in their natural habitat with their families. Yes we all have to admit, we love going to the zoo and seeing animals up close and in person, but have you ever thought about how the animals feel? According to the article Reasons to Rethink Zoos, "Studies have found that stress in zoo animals is caused by either a lack of variety in their diet, lack of places for an animal to hide, or relationship

The article Do Animals Have Rights Similar to Those of Humans says, "Around the world, zoos operate to varying standards of safety and security. Intrinsically, the capture and breeding of large predators carries risk. That risk often seems like one that doesn’t need to be taken for any reason beyond human entertainment." Animals are being forced to breed and are being taken away and that's just not necessary. The risk for humans to do that process is just to risky and could lead to being killed or seriously injured. Some animals have adapted to the life being kept at a zoo. Most animals were either born there or raised at a young age. As said in the article Animals Are Not Meant For Entertainment, "We should not put animals in a situation where they are taken from their natural homes and families just to die in captivity or be released and die because they forgot how to live." When it’s time for the animals to transfer back to their natural habitat most of them have forgotten how to live on their own because they’re so used to having the help of humans. Although zoos are helping