Persuasive Essay On Zoos

Thousands of people visit zoos annually, but they don't know what happens behinds those glass windows. Zoos give the privilege to be able for people to see animals, what they don't know is how they are being treated and the mental issues the animals have. Wild animals should be able to be more freely and not in tight and small areas where they are incapable of doing what they should naturally do. Zoos claim to ensure to gain knowledge but nothing is gained because their is noting that is enhancing learning. While the keeping of animals in zoos may prevent extinct, animals should have healthier environments as well as being taken care of properly.

Being caged up and not able to enjoy what they are able to do while in their natural habitats causes animals to have mental illness just like humans would. Animals aren't happy being held captive "A government-funded study of elephants in UK zoos found that 54% of the elephants showed stereotypies (behavioral problems) during the daytime. One elephant observed during day and night stereotyped for 61% of a 24-hour period." There has been research which has shown that animals may also suffer from what scientist call "zoochosis" which is similar to OCD. There has been

It has come to one society attention on how zoos are treating their animals.There has been an investigation, where it has been seen how the zookeepers have mistreated and malnourished their animals. This investigation was done by CAPS a protection society who went undercover and found some “sick animals left untreated and dead animals to rot on floors.” They shouldn’t be tortured in any possible way, they have done no harm but it doesn’t seem to bother the zookeeper’s .I believe torturing them is alike animal abuse to a dog or cat, but this doesn’t get much of people’s attention because they are unaware of what happens behind the glass doors and metal