Category: Zoos

Would you like it if you were locked up in a cage and to be laughed at by humans? Well, this is exactly what animals in zoos suffer from every day. Approximately 800,000 animals are taken to zoos which makes them deprived of their natural habitat and can make them develop a condition known as zoochosis, a mental illness that is characterized by repetitive behaviors such as swaying, pacing, or self-mutilation, and for what, just so us humans can get amusement from it? Zoos are like a prison for animals and making them develop medical problems, and make them suffer for a lifetime. Should animals really be kept in zoos?

Can you imagine the life of an animal in a zoo? The mental and physical pain that they feel from not getting the experience of their habitat in the wild. Animals love being in their natural habitat, as it meets all the environmental conditions they need for them to survive. So many animals lose their natural instincts and then if they are returned to the wild for any reason they will not know how to hunt or act. Zoos cannot provide the amount of space for the animals that they need on an everyday basis. This is particularly the case for those species that roam larger distances in their natural habitat. For example, Tigers and Lions have around 18,000 less space than they would normally have they would in the wild, therefore they could develop behavioral problems such as repetitive pacing or bar biting. It has been shown that Lions spend 48% of their time pacing around in zoos. They are forced to be kept in a cage all day and night, a cage that isn’t even big enough for them. How are these standards good enough for the animals for a lifetime?

Captivity can be really bad for the animals’ health. They get depressed, and psychologically disturbed and can even harm other animals or themselves. They are forced to endure temperatures that they are not used to when they live in the wild which is really not good for them. Up to 5,000 zoo animals have been killed each year, mind you that is only in Europe, and it has been proven that elephants that are kept in zoos tend not to live as long as elephants that are in the wild. Conditions in zoos are poor as many of them are found with a small budget. The cages can be dirty and make the animals ill. Who would want to be kept in an unclean cage? Therefore, animals that live in zoos suffer from many types of illnesses or diseases and die earlier than they would if they were in the wild. The animals may not even experience the sky overhead and the space in zoos is far too crowded for the animals to live in there for a lifetime.

Some baby animals are taken from their parents in the wild, and they can experience a lifetime of unforgettable trauma since their mother or father is shot to death right in front of them. Would you like it if your parents were shot right to death in front of your very own eyes? It is an awful experience for the animals, especially at a young age and they should not have to go through that pain. Baby animals that are taken from the wild die prematurely in zoos. In 2018, 40% of lion cubs die before one month of age. In the wild, only 30% of lion cubs are thought to die before they are six months old and at least a third of those deaths are due to factors that do not exist in zoos, like predation. Therefore, more baby animals in zoos die quicker than they would if they were in the wild. This is why they should not be taken from their habitat.

Certainly, zoos have their own reasons for keeping animals. One reason is to protect animals from dwindling and extinction. Since some animals have been keenly hunted in recent years, the longer they are kept in zoos, the longer they will flourish. Besides, several animals have forgotten either how to survive in the wild or how to breed as they have lived in zoos for generations. Especially the pandas in China, which through breeding captivity, have flourished and are no longer an endangered species. Zoos can be important for researchers and can also raise awareness of our environmental problems. According to researchers, mammals from zoo populations generally live longer than in the wild. Zoos also may protect animals from poaching, which is the illegal hunting that is driving many species to the brink of extinction. For example, Rhinos are one of the animals which are most likely to be poached. Around 100 rhinos are illegally killed each month. This can be stopped by taking Rhinos into care by zoos.

In conclusion, Most zoos take away the experience of many animals’ habitats in the wild and keep them locked in a cage that isn’t even big enough for them to be in. The conditions there are very poor and can make the animals ill. Animals can suffer a lifetime of trauma and can die prematurely. Zoos do have their pros like keeping the animals from going extinct and from getting poached but zoos do more harm than good to animals, and they frantically need to be protected. There is no point in just debating if zoos are harmful to them but not taking action on it. In my opinion, I think animals in zoos should be returned to the wild to live in their natural habitat.

Who loves to go to the zoo I know I love to if you don’t then you don’t love animals. Well, some people hate animals in zoos because they think it’s wrong, but I know that it’s not wrong because Zoos can also be an economic resource for a community. they protect endangered species and Zoos do many activities for the animals, so they keep their animal instincts.

Zoos protect endangered species.

Zoos are amazing because 1 they protect endangered species from going extinct or endangered Zoos protect more than 7 species from going extinct or endangered also they can help raise animals to live longer and they are protected from poachers and hunters they are constantly fed and have plenty of water, so they don’t die they are also a card for which immense care and efecshieon when one animal dies it is a big loss for the. Here are more reasons why zoos should not be shut down, Zoos can also be an economic resource for a community. they protect endangered species and Zoos do many activities for the animals, so they keep their animal instincts.

Zoos are educational for people

Who likes learning about amazing animals that do all these fantastic stunts and tricks?

Well, zoos are a great educational resource for students’ parents and adults they offer great educational reassurance because they have multiple animals in escwiset detail in each animal’s report they also can help the kids who find learning a challenging problem a fun easy way to learn about animals they could even help the disabled or the depressed. Here are more reasons why zoos should not be shut down, Zoos can also be an economic resource for a community. they protect endangered species and Zoos do many activities for the animals, so they keep their animal instincts.

Zoos do many activities for the animals’ instances

If animals were to be let lose then apparently, they can reconnect with their animal instincts but zoos do plenty of animal activities to help the animals stay indicted with their animal instincts they fed them as they would normally in the wild and they’re not just feed chewed up food, no they get real meat and the animals have to get it like they would I the wild. Now if you don’t understand my reasoning then read it again well if you don’t want the zoos to stay open then you should just kill all of the animals because that’s what you’re doing if you ban the zoos.

I think that zoos are currently good places to visit and that they do protect animals and a visit to a zoo or an aquarium is an opportunity to see the beautiful and diverse wildlife our world has to offer. Zoos and aquariums around the world offer an incredible up close and personal view of nature. Zoos are wonderful places to be around and to see. The majority of zoos are good zoos but some bad zoos don’t look after the animals properly. The reason and purpose of zoos are to look after animals and protect their species. Another purpose of zoos is to educate people about animals. To talk about every animal, make people aware of the endangered animals and why they are endangered, and then tell them how they can make a difference. Once the majority of the world is educated about animals and they know what they can do to protect them I believe all zoos will be great and much more enjoyable places.

I do think that zoos do promote the health and life of animals in a very good way. The main reason zoos were made was to protect and help animals of all sorts. Zoos have saved millions upon millions of animals and have brought back species that were nearly extinct back to life. Without zoos, we would see so many fewer animals around and many more species of animals extinct. Zoos protect, care for, fewer and raise all the animals in the world. If they are born in the zoo they raise them properly, if they are brought in from somewhere else they care for the animals and if the animals are injured the zoos protect and care for the animals until they can do it independently. If zoos didn’t bring in animals that were injured they would die all alone out in the wild and this would eventually lead to many more species becoming endangered or even worst extinct. Zoos protect and raise the animals by bringing the animal in from a young age which protects them because when they are young they are small and weak and this makes it easy for predators to hunt and kill them. So the zoos bring them in for safety. After the zoos bring in the animals they keep them safe by keeping the weak animals away from all the other animals. Whilst the animals grow up the zoo keepers raise the animals by feeding and caring for the animals. They make sure that the animals have enough food and that they are always warm and safe. They also get to teach them the basics that the animal will need to know. Like if they bring in a bird they will teach it how to fly. After the animals have been raised and cared for properly they are released back into the wild where they are safe and can now live their life independently.

Even though there is a big positive impact on them that to zoos there are also no negative impacts on the animals whilst in the zoos. Some of these negative impacts are some of the enclosures are unnatural environments for the animals, the conditions in the zoo might not be very healthy, enclosures are tightly packed together leaving little space for the animals, the animals may not breed well, stress for all the animals because all of the visitors, could change the of the animal and some animals will not be able to return into the wild. With the enclosures being constructed by machinery they are unnatural for the animals. A big part of an animal growing up is learning for themselves how to protect and live by themselves in all kinds of conditions. But when they are in a zoo their enclosures have been handmade and they are different from what the animal should be experiencing. Say a bird from the jungle they have to learn how to fly as soon as they are born. They need to be agile to fly around the on and to find food but when they are in zoos birds are often in small cages. When they are in small cages more often are not they are also with other birds making it even more behavior. There is no room for the birds to fly or move which Is horrible because birds need to know how to fly if they want to survive. Often zoos can be found in an unhealthy state. There is litter every wear and lots of debris. This leaves dirt and germs every wear around the zoo. from around zoos where the animals die helplessly because of the diseases. With everyone in the zoo litter and just making a mess and no one caring this is very bad for the animals because they are helpless against this. Once they get infected by the disease they have to wait for a vet to trees they are sick otherwise the animal will have a slow painful death because of the poor condition that the zoo is in and it is humans’ fault for the death. With zoos having all different kinds of animals and shelters set up, this leaves very little room for everything else. Zoos need an enclosure for all the different types of animals. With so many enclosures needed with little space, it means that all the enclosures have to be small limiting the space for the animals. An example of these small enclosures is when the zoo doesn’t have an actual aquarium set up the marine animals have to be in enclosures the size of pools. This leaves the tiniest amount of room left possible. They have no room to swim around. Imagine waking up and seeing a few dolphins in your pool one morning, and you see how little room they have, well that’s what then like for some dolphins around the world. With all the animals crammed in together and not getting the correct medical care cramped, this leads to insufficient breeding of the species. When animals have babies many things can go wrong like diseases and infections. This is going to kill the mother or the baby which is horrible but it can also spread and can many more animals. Another common thing with birth going and not any deadly diseases Is going and not life-threatening but are still bad. Many animals have disabilities and there is realizes they can do about it. This realizes their appearance and their ability to help humans without correct medical help humans will live miserable, slow, and painful life. Another problem with breeding inside zoos is that the animals may not breed enough babies to keep the species at a healthy number. The animals might feel scared about being in captivity and then they will not have babies. This leads to endangered and in some cases extinct species. With zoos being popular, for visitors and enclosures, the animals don’t get a break, and diseases are stared at. The diseases are caused by the groups of visitors being noisy and messy which makes the animals feel stressed and anxious. With the animals feeling this way they lash out and not be able to control themselves. With all the visitors and the animals being in captivity, it will change their behavior threatening effects. In the wild where they should be growing up, they have to learn how to fend for themselves and to find their, food. This makes very important life skills for the animal. But when they are in captivity they are given food and shelter. This is bad because the animals don’t learn how to live independently. With food and shelter provided for them, the animals start relying on humans to survive. They don’t learn how to feed or protect themselves, which makes it impossible for them if they are released back into the wild. Also when many animals are, in captivity, many of them do not get released back into the wild where they should be. The animals places kept in captivity and live poor lives away from their real home.