Zoos are internment camps for animals and should be shut down. John Omoyinmi Mrs Costa English 4U 20 January 2016 Introduction Attention getter: Think about having to live your whole life in a cage, where you are surrounded by people you are not familiar with. Would you like that? But this is how live is for animals in the zoos. Thesis statement: Zoos are internment camps for animals, and it should be shut down because of all the mistreatment and bad effects it has caused on animals. These bad effects and mistreatment can be summarized to three major points, which are: Essay mapping: a) Zoos are unsafe for animals. b) Zoos aren’t educative. c) Zoos do not help animals. Paragraph 1: It is true that Zoos are dangerous for animals …show more content…
Supporting proof 2: this is the reason why most zoos you have been to, would normally have endangered animals locked up for a long time. Commentary for proof 2: If zoos want to help endangered animals, they should provide money to preserve their environments. Supporting point 3: Zoos main agenda for caging animals is for them to make profit from them, and not rear the animals. Supporting proof 3: Zoos would not to be, if there is no profit in the business. Commentary for proof 3: This is the reason why in zoos, their other activities that may not relate to animals at all, but allows the zoo owners to be able make money. Conclusion: In conclusion, zoos are bad for animals because of the bad effects and mistreatment it has caused on animals. Work cited "5 SECRETS ZOOS DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW." Peta Kids. Peta Kids Inc. Web. 18 Jan. 2016. . Carr, Michelle. "The Reality of Zoos." Http://www.peta.org. Web. 21 Jan. 2016. . "Zoos." Vegan Peace Striving towards Peacefully Sharing Our Earth. Web. 21 Jan. 2016.
One of the most fun, visually amazing functions to visit are zoo's. Growing up as a kid going to the zoo was so much fun and basically guaranteed a great day out. People have been complaining and questioning the role of zoo's for a long time now. Some claim that it actually kills the animals off faster. Others claim that zoo's actually help protect and preserve the lives of these animals. Only one can make a reasonable argument by studying sources, and finding out statistics. Based off of the articles, "The Stripes Will Survive", "The Zoos Go Wild", and "Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment", we can truly get in-depth analysis about the role zoo's play.
An argument for keeping animals at zoos is that it’s a way to protect and preserve
Zoos are very helpful for both the public and for the animals. Some animal’s’ lives depend on the help from the zoo. While caring for the animals, they are also making the public aware of what they are doing and teaching the public about the animals. The world needs zoos; they are very beneficial with hardly anything against
Zoos in America are often seen as a part of the “American dream” but they hold a deeper tragic truth behind them. When you think of zoos you probably envision visiting one with your family and seeing animals that you may have never seen in person in your lifetime but what you fail to think about are the factors in zoos. Many zoos are unfit places for animals to live and this needs to be changed. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the authority holder on all zoos regulations and to make zoos fit places for animals to live we must force them to make a change. The USDA needs to increase regulations in zoos to decrease negative health effects in animals, improve integration processes to release animals back into the wild and to reconfigure habitats to get animals closer to their natural environment.
Zoos are the underrated American pastime. They’re not attended as much as baseball or football games yet almost everyone has been to one within their lifetimes, whether it be through a class trip or a family get together, zoos have always been there for our entertainment and learning needs. They’ve become major centers of learning and conservation and the zoos we have today transform the minds of the young children that attend as well as aid in the preservation of as many possible species that they can. Yet, zoos have not always been this way. Up until the 1930’s, zoos have been fairly cruel, inhumane places that have focused solely on profit rather than the wellbeing of the animals they house making many zoos places that animals go to die
Zoos claim to be for educational purposes, but in actuality they only serve as a means for entertainment. The informational signs posted throughout the zoo meant to educate
Even though animal exhibits are considered zoos, most of them do not meet the requirements of the AZA (The Association of Zoos and Aquariums) and have not been accredited; This raises awareness and concern to the places unaccredited if that the animals should be kept captive. According to research by Animals Australia, “Zoos are primarily for profit” (2017). Zoos have unethical practices in dealing with
Did you know that if you keep animals in zoos they have a higher chance of survival? Also, they give them the medical help they need.In my opinion, zoos are a good place for little animals to grow so if they get severley bad they get the medical help they might need.Most animals grow thier speciesin zoos and many people can see there favorite animal and also can learn about their animal.The focus of this paper is how to keep the animals off the endangered list,the zoo keeper give them the medical help when needed,and they also let people see and learn about their favorite animal. The purpose for this writing piece is to persuade you to keep animals in zoos.
Many people wonder why it’s good to have zoos in the world. For this reason this issue focuses on why animals in captivity is beneficial for scientific reasons and one of those reasons is because we can study their characteristics, if there are going to be extinct we should help them reproduce to get them out of extinct, and so we can learn how zoos help the animals.
Did you know that animals don’t always like what they have to eat. Also zoo animals don’t live as long in the zoo as they do in the wild. I’m against zoos because they are bad for animals. The purpose of this paper is to persuade that zoos are bad for animals.The focus of this paper is animals don't like what they have to eat,animals shouldn’t be kept in cages,and animals should be free they don’t live as long in zoos as they do in the wild.
Zoos are pretty familiar, right? I'm sure as a child everyone has at least wanted to go to one. I think zoos were pretty cool,until I did research. After I researched I realized zoos are torturing innocent animals. This paper is going to persuade you that zoos are bad. I'm going to cover poor habitats, change in natural behavior and animal mistreatment.
Know). Zoo animals need to have more freedom; humans should care for those animals to release
The section of Environmental Ethics about zoos discusses their histories while also showcasing the main arguments for and against them. In the chapter it is discussed that the reasons we need zoos are for amusement, education, research, and preservation of the species. While zoos do help with these things and many more the chapter goes on to argue that animals also need their freedom. It is stated that while zoos may not be awful, they are still taking something from these animals whether their captive or wild born. Thus, there is no clear answer to whether or not there should be zoos.
Many zoos continue the practice of forced breeding, which can cause issues to arise with some animals, and the babies get raised into the zoo’s diet and hunting routines, thus they cannot be released into the wild without being trained to hunt and survive. Although the adult animals could teach the children to hunt and survive in the wild, they couldn’t do so in the limited zoo environment.
It is obvious that zoos are committed to preserving species and providing a safe place for