Zoos And Animal Rights: The Ethics Of Keeping Animals

Animals are used for people 's entertainment or own benefits, but the question is what benefits do they get? Do they even get any? This paper tells about the things animals go through to help or just entertain us in life. For example the tiny cramped places animals are forced into. If the animals don 't perform well in zoos or circuses a lot of times they simple won 't feed them. The owners beating them for nothing. Lastly experiments on them and they can not even defend themselves. Animals should not be used for human benefit. Using animals for any kind of entertainment or experiment can be considered against the law especially if they are put in poor conditions and harmed. Animals have rights that should be taken seriously. Animals also have

Bostock wrote a book called Zoos and Animal Rights: The Ethics of Keeping Animals. In this paper he explains what kind of zoos ancient cultures had. Ancient egypt was one of the most involved cultures when it came to animals (C. Bostock, S., 1993). They were able to find this all out by the wall scriptures they had on the wall. They did not take lightly to killing animals either it was many times followed by the death penalty. They had very detailed scriptures of the zoo like areas of people tending to the animals. They trained leopard, cheetahs and lions for hunting purposes (C. Bostock, S., 1993). Crocodiles were called to eat wore collars in lived in the nicest houses. The egyptians cared about all animals that would help benefit them (C. Bostock, S.,

They are forced into their tricks and crammed into tiny places. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. are proud of how far they travel which can be fun except for the part the animals go through they are stuffed into a cage where they might if they are lucky get to turn around in (Circuses, 2015). The animals are forced or beaten into doing their tricks. A lot of animals are wiped to know when they are suppose to perform or just when they are not cooperating. They don not get the encouragement or love needed for the proper care. Animals in the circus are not properly fed either they miss the nourishments they need to survive. It is important because it explains the conditions the animals are put just to make us laugh. They go through a lot and people should realize this when asking for the circus to come to town. They can be fun if done properly but the ones without animals should be