If someone were to come and relocate an entire town from the safety of their homes to an unfamiliar place away from everything they have grown to know for years, would it be right, or would it be considered a violation of one’s rights? Every year, this happens to thousands of wild animals from around the world for the sole purpose of personal entertainment we call zoos. Though they are educational and provide for an entertaining, fun experience, zoos should be abolished because the animals are not treated with as much care as they deserve and zoos cause behavioral behavioral and health problems. Zoo enthusiasts would say that zoos are educational. The Saint Louis Zoo professionals claim, “People learn at zoos. Individuals learn in our formal classes, lectures, camps, teacher workshops, distant learning, zoo tours, overnights and outreach …show more content…
An article found by PETA gives 13 examples of incidents that could categorize zoos as being bad. These incidents include penguins being out on antidepressants, a giraffe, being killed and fed to lions, donkeys being painted to look like zebras, animals being imported, animals being illegally trafficked by poachers, animals being found to show signs of neurotic behavior, different species of animals being sold to questionable places, animals being sold to circuses, animals being sent to livestock auctions, animals being used as experiments for medications, a bear was starved to death, and a kangaroo being euthanized after being hit by a train going through the exhibit. Personally, an incident that seemed to stand out was at the Dallas Zoo. There was a gorilla named Jabari who had escaped from the Dallas Zoo's walls and was shot to death by the police. It was found through a witness who later confessed to seeing teenagers taunting Jabari by throwing rocks at him. In a fight-or-flee situation, he chose to flee to get to his own
For thousands of years scientist have been performing vivisections on animals to find information on new chemicals, drugs, and vaccines. Vivisection is when scientist perform dissections among living animals mostly for the purpose of educating and retrieving information. Experimenting on animals has become the tool that has helped us comprehend the body functions of an animal and how a disease transforms the bodily functions, but over the years it’s caused animal rights activists to question the usefulness and the sincerity of using animals for this purpose. Although animal research has been helpful in the past, it is morally wrong in the sense that experimenting on animals is not the only way to collect information. There are other alternatives
Zoos have been very controversial lately with debate about animal cruelty and speculations shifting around the industry, so what is the truth about zoos? Zoos are known to be a safe area for animals and humans, entertain individuals and be a safe containment for endangered animals. Knowing this information it’s factual to say that this sounds like the perfect place for animals and humans, and they are.
The difference between right and wrong is not always perfectly clear. A long-standing part of cultures across the world, zoological and animal parks have been around for hundreds of years. While in the past concerns and issues regarding the ethical problems zoos seem to impose were less prominent, in recent times the rise of animal rights activist groups and new generational values have influenced the way people view these parks. Critics believe that zoos are an unnatural habitat for animals and force them to live in captivity, having a negative impact on their health. Yet, there are still many who fully support zoos, citing business and educational reasons.
As a kid, I had always looked forward to days at the zoo. I was, however, far more interested in the jungle-themed surroundings than the educational parts. I was told that zoos protected animals and took good care of them. Now I'm not too sure that's the truth. Animals like tigers, lions, and elephants are born to live and grow up in the wild. They aren't meant to live inside of a cage in a zoo. Not only that, but the animals' health isn't as good as you'd expect. Although lots time and money has been spent on zoos, animals are still suffering. Zoos are fun and exciting for kids and tourists, however, the animals aren't enjoying it as much as us.
Since approximately 1250 B.C., ancient Egyptians had created and practiced the capture and display of animals in what are now known as zoos (Fravel). Records describe such exotic animals as birds, lions, giraffes, and tigers in captivity (Fravel). Since then, zoos have continued to entertain millions with the exciting chance to view exotic animals up close and personal. Even in ancient Greece, exotic animals were on display in fighting arenas, and in enclosed viewing areas. Originally in America, zoos were just created so that royalty and the wealthy could flaunt their exotic animals to the public (Leolupus). Today, with species threatened and habitats disappearing worldwide, zoos are serving a new purpose other than the mere exhibition of animals – conservation. (Fravel). When you think of a zoo, you either think of a fun, entertaining place that provides close-up and exciting exhibits of wild animals that you would otherwise never get the chance to see, or a place where people keep suffering, unhappy animals captive just for entertainment and display. However, despite whichever view you hold, and despite the stereotypes, some zoos have evolved to serve alternative and helpful purposes. Although some zoos face controversy due to allegations such as lack of space and quality care, neglect, and cruelty, some zoos have programs specifically designed to help and protect animal species. For example, these zoos have programs that help such conservation efforts as breeding.
Most people think that zoos protect animals, but it can clearly be seen in the records provided by the Times that the zoos are doing the exact opposite of protecting animals. The American zoos, including the accredited ones, have led to the near demise of elephants. As if that alone isn’t enough to prove that zoos are cruel and unfair, there are many professionals and experts who gravely look down upon zoos too. Delcianna Winders, director with the PETA foundation, said “Renowned oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau reported that...
I remember a year ago, a campaign was made to boycott circuses, zoos and aquariums. I was against the campaign at first because zoos, aquariums and circuses are assumed to be entertaining. I was asked by my friends not to go into debates without knowing the truth and search the subject properly. After my research was done; I became the number one supporter in the middle east of animal rights, and I believe circuses, zoos and aquariums captivate and violate animal rights and should be shut down.
Zoos are all over the world, however, when looked at closely their corrupted system is very cruel. Zoos have endangered countless animals when capturing, keeping the animals in a small cage and never letting them leave that specific area and last but not least abusing them. Governments should outright ban these dreadful prisons and help animals be free. Before talking about zoos and what they do let's look at the very first step: capturing. `Zoos use many methods of capturing although the main method is through tranquilizers.
Have you ever wondered what happened to animals after hours? If animals didn’t do a good job entertaining the audience, they get put into tiny cages. Well if you didn’t already know that animals are being mistreated, then stay tuned and here’s some more information about the topic. Zoos are a terrible idea, mainly because animals are trapped in cages and don’t get to see their natural habitat, another reason for zoos being a bad idea is because if the animals misbehave (which I won’t blame them for acting up being locked in a cage) then they get locked in a tiny cage for hours. Zoos are wrong to keep animals captive, because they are trapped in little cages, they can’t see what their natural habitat is like, and get to aggressive when they are in cages.
Animals in zoos won’t know how to hunt for food or how to fend for themselves. If they are locked up long enough they could become very dangerous and kill someone or escape. Although, zoos are very secure it is very possible for the cage to break or be opened. We have zoos to protect people and other species but, we are still putting ourselves as well as others in a lot of
ZOOS Did you know that zoos help many animals survive? Also, did you know that zookeepers feed them the proper food so they don’t get sick? I will always say yes to keeping zoos because they help many animals. The purpose of this paper is to persuade that zoos are beneficial to people and animals. The focus of this paper is zoos save species, you can learn and see the animals up close, and that zoos feed the right nutrients to the animals.
Every year 3,000 to 5,000 healthy zoo animals are killed in Europe. Zoos claim to take good care for their animals and thats its the best place for animals to be, but zoo animals don’t want to be in an inclosed area, they want to be free and happy. Zoos are taking animals away from happieness, away from their home, and putting them into a space to where they have to entertain kids every single day. These zoos are teaching these children that its ok to capture and put these animals into captivity. The zoo life is not the best life for any animal.
Zoos Over 15 million people visit 500 zoos each year. When I go to the Omaha zoo I have a lot of enjoyable times. I saw a lot of different kinds of animals, like lions, giraffes and peacocks. The peacocks are my favorite, with all the different colors.
Zoos display fascinating animals from all over the world for human entertainment, research, conservation, and education. Many scientists conduct studies on animals in captivity that they may not have been able to in the wild. Zoos educate all the visitors that come; they let people know everything that they know about the animals on display. We do learn a lot from these animals, but not all of the animals in the zoo are behaving like they normally would in the wild. Larger animals, such as elephants and orcas (commonly known as killer whales), have trouble with being confined in such a small area. However, many smaller animals benefit from zoos because they provide protection from predators, natural disasters, and poachers. They also benefit from conservation efforts; the babies being born get all the care they could ever need. Some animal rights activists are concerned that the conservation efforts are limiting the gene pool of the species. They argue that the small number of animals able to breed in captivity limits biodiversity and leads to weaknesses in the species overall. Zoos are wonderful places to study and learn about animals, but we need to improve the living standards for animals that struggle with captivity.
Zoos are fascinating places. They facilitate conservation, education, entertainment, and more. But zoos are broken. The modern zoo model, specifically in the United States, is simply not working anymore. Attendance is dropping, funding is decreasing, education is becoming nearly nonexistent, and animals and visitors are not being treated nearly as well as they should be.