The Problem With Zoo’s

1. The Problem With Zoo’s Monica DeVaney 05/05/2014

2. The Zoo Zoos are establishments where captive animals are kept for the view of the public. They are placed in cages that are meant to mimic their natural habitat. Many zoos are viewed as centers for children to be entertained.

3. Main Reasons for Having Zoos

4. Counter Argument • The conservation of endangered animals is something zoos have been attempting. • Although this is a good, these animals being born and raised in captivity makes it near impossible to survive in the wild. • In a study at Exeter they reviewed 45 cases, involving 17 carnivore species, and found that only 30% of captive animals released survived.

5. Research on animals in captivity does not tell us anything about the animal and how it behaves normally. • These animals are being used for research on the species when the actual species from the wild cannot be accurately compared to those in captivity. • The public and researches can be better educated through documentaries of these species in the wild. • Entertainment, education, research, and conservation can all be done in better ways then through the imprisonment of animals. • So are these reasons for keeping zoos so important that we should keep these poor animals caged and unhappy?

6. The Cruelty • Zoos are prisons. They are used to hold animals for human entertainment and use. • These animals have the natural instincts of wanting privacy, mental stimulation and physical exercise, which they lack in zoo environments. • Zoos are replacing the natural behaviors and drives of these wild animals.

7. Main Reason Against Zoos

9. Do We Need Zoos? Keeping animals in zoos a great injustice. Zoos keep animals mainly for the public viewing. If truly animals were kept to avoid extinction, then we would have conservatories dedicated for that purpose. If we viewed animals at the zoo you will see that animals are not happy in captivity. Zoos are prisons for animals without a voice.