The idea of a zoo is a noble idea. The objective of the zoo is to be a sanctuary where animals live in safety from dangers such as poachers and diseases. This wildlife refuge prevents animals from going extinct, and new generations of people can learn about these animals and appreciate them. Due to human shortcomings, some zoos are concrete prisons or execution chambers. The video, “Captive Animal Misery in European Zoos”, provided by Born Free Foundation on Youtube.com that is published on 12th January 2012 shows animals in poor living conditions. In that video, there is an elephant in a small metallic enclosure. In fact, there are no plants or anything that would be in the elephant’s habitat. The video continue to show multiple images of animals in concrete pens. These animals paced around the walls in anguish. Not only in Europe, but zoos all over the world bring misery to animals.
A number of governments recognize the distress of animals in zoos, and these nations made changes in policies for the betterment for these creatures. According to Delcianna Winders, who wrote the article “Zoos: Misery Behind Bars" in People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, India creates a law that prevents zoos from displaying dolphins in captivity. The purpose of this law is to reduce the stress from unwanted human contact to the dolphins. The same article divulges that Costa Rica shuts down two zoos, and then releases the animals back to their habitats. These two governments’ actions reveal that zoos are not satisfactory handling the animals. If the dolphins are in perfect health, then why did India made a law to prevent the public from display to the public?
Other zoos solve the issue of anguish animals by drugging those creatures to ...
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Peoples Trust article “Zoos & Conservation” touched surface solely on zoos located in Britain. What about the rest of the world? Luckily there is a group called the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) that inspects zoos and aquariums making sure that they are fit for conservation. For instance, the Giza Zoo In Cairo was shut down for killing two gorillas that may have been infected with disease and for extra pay putting visitors in danger so they could pet any animal they requested. Now if one of these animals were to attack a visitor then they would put down the animal in which is just doing what its instincts tell them.
Sources used in this piece were interviews with zoo staff and also visuals in the form of photographs of the elephant. Unknown, “Hattie, Central Park Elephant, Dies; News Hidden to keep Sad Children Away.” The New York Times. November 20,
Have you ever seen an animal sitting in a cage all alone with nothing to do. Well, zoos are trying to change that fact. They will allow the animals to live in an environment that is like their home. Many people don't realize this, but zoo are keeping and breeding these animals because they would not survive in the wild alone. In the three passages, ¨The Stripes Will Survive,¨ ¨The Zood Go Wild from No More Dodos,¨ ¨Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment.¨ All of these articles present one claim, that is that the role of zoos is no longer to keep animal, but to protect them.
Isacat, Ben. “Zoos.” Animalethics.org. How to Do Animal Rights, April 2008. Web. 16 November 2013.
Animal rights have become a very serious issue here in the United States over the last few decades. One issue that has been discussed is whether or not zoos serve a good purpose or are they just a torture chamber for the animals. Locked up in small cages so people can yell at them and stare. Or are zoos the key to save our species in an ever growing human population. Rachel Lu, a philosophy teacher and senior columnist, writes the article, “Let’s Keep Zoos: Learning stewardship is a good thing.”, published April 18, 2014, argues that zoos are worth keeping. Rachel Lu uses her personal experiences to appeal to her audience that zoos are valuable to people especially young children because it gives them a perspective on nature.
Capturing animals is cruel and destroys their chances of surviving for as long as they should. Zoos all over the United States have had instances of animal cruelty. At the Scarborough Sea Life Center, Humboldt penguins suffer from depression and are forced to take antidepressants. “Apecsecadmin.” Apecsec.org, 20 May 2015, apecsec.org/pros-and-cons-of-animals-in-zoos/. Do Zoos Do More Harm Than Good? Here are the Pros and Cons.”
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Gusset and Dick surveyed multiple experts on their efforts in programs that zoos have adopted, which showed how successful zoos were at preserving the lives of the endangered species.... ... middle of paper ... ... General Science Full Text H.W. Wilson. Web. The Web.
It’s often thought that the captivity of animals is for “educational purposes” or for “conservation of endangered species”, but in my opinion these words of fiction are really to conceal the fact that these animals are being mistreated and mishandled for financial gain. Confining animals to cramped conditions in unnatural habitats, with the constant violation of privacy from the public and their loss of freedom makes zoos the worst, so called, home for animals. Zoos provide unnatural habitats. For these confined creatures its near impossible to replicate the environment wild animals experience. This is due to the limited space each animal gets provided, this leaves the captive animals feeling imprisoned and uncomfortable rather than feeling
Many locals and tourists will head to the Zoo in hopes of seeing animals one can only see in the wild. A trip to the zoo is supposed to be fun, entertaining, and what some say “a good learning experience. ”These exotic animals are not put in their natural environments. Pushed behind artificial enclosures, and often times lonely. Thousands of people worldwide will pass hundreds of animal exhibits and many of these people won’t stand at the animal’s exhibit long enough to notice that something is wrong with the animal's living conditions.
Some people may argue that zoos protect animals and species under this polluted world, however, do animals in zoos really need our “help”? Yes, but surely not that many. According to Captive Animals Protection Society (CAPS), 79% of animals in United Kingdom zoos and over 70% of elephants in European zoos are wild-caught. It seems that zoos need them rather than they need zoos.
middle of paper ... ... Freedom is precious and animals are constantly suffering mentally and physically from the lack of freedom that captivity brings to them. Although many zoos are visited by millions of people annually, they still operate at a loss and have to make budget cuts. Funds that should be used to provide humane conditions for animals are often wasted on cosmetic improvements such as landscaping, refreshment stands, and gift shops in order to draw visitors, leaving the animals behind steel bars and glass trapped in a concrete jungle for no reason without hope of ever being free.
Zoos have the worst conditions for the animals. The cages are described as having feces in the water and having non real habitats. The animals are explained to not like the conditions that they live in. They have to endure these poor conditions just to be looked at for the people’s amusement.
In my introduction I will go over my three main points I wish to discuss whether animals should be kept in captivity for we all at some point in our lives we all have felt that what zoo’s do leave negative impacts on animals there are also positives. One of the key facts shows that negatives have outweighed the positives. The three reasons I wish to express to you and support towards my question today through a perspective against the matter include the fact that animals are often striped of their natural behaviours when coexisting together in their natural habitats compared to living in a cage or reserve. It’s said that they often become stressed and bored for they are often forced against their will to live in these centres after being randomly in their eyes stolen from the previous way of life. My final point says that most animals are never returned to their habitat for many of them are either sold or bargained for extra profit to provide for the zoo’s personal requirements.
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