Animal Welfare Act
The animals in the zoos are suffering, because the AWA requires only minimum standards of treatment for animals. The Animal Welfare Act is a law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers. It was signed in as a law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966. (¨Legislative History¨)The AWA excludes animals like fish, reptiles, and other cold blooded animals. Also, it says that the animals have to be fed, watered, and provided shelter, but that is not enough for animals to sustain a healthy lifestyle. The act does not require anything about making sure they have greenery or the right size of area to have the animals in. Dr.Margi Prideaux, an international wildlife policy and law
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Zoochosis is the term used to describe the stereotypical behaviour of animals in captivity. The behaviour is defined as a repetitive, invariant behaviour pattern with no obvious goal or function. These behaviors include: bar biting, circling, rocking, swaying, rolling, twisting neck, vomiting, frequent licking, and excessive grooming. These animals are bored to death that they are starting to go insane.(¨Animal Right¨) Tilikum is an Orca at SeaWorld and she was captured when she was only 2 years old. She´s been held captive ever since then and was forced to perform for food. Tilikum was frustrated with live she was living and she decide to chew on metal bars, act aggressively toward humans which is non-existent in nature. She also killed a trainer due to frustration. (¨Over 30 Years¨) ¨In their natural habitat, species develop immunities to naturally occurring illnesses. Zoo animals usually do not form resistance to most ordinary of ailments and are more prone to catching viruses that they would never encounter in the wild.¨(¨Zoos¨) Even though zoos try to argue that it´s educational, many mistakes have took lives of different animals because they didn´t know the animal´s breed well enough. ABC news reports a pregnant bear at the Toledo Zoo was isolated in a den without food or water since she is near-hibernation state when pregnant. But she was found weeks
Zoochosis is the term used to describe the stereotypical behaviour of animals in captivity. The behaviour is defined as a repetitive, invariant behaviour pattern with no obvious goal or function. These behaviors include: bar biting, circling, rocking, swaying, rolling, twisting neck, vomiting, frequent licking, and excessive grooming. These animals are bored to death that they are starting to go insane.(¨Animal Right¨) Tilikum is an Orca at SeaWorld and she was captured when she was only 2 years old. She´s been held captive ever since then and was forced to perform for food. Tilikum was frustrated with live she was living and she decide to chew on metal bars, act aggressively toward humans which is non-existent in nature. She also killed a trainer due to frustration. (¨Over 30 Years¨) ¨In their natural habitat, species develop immunities to naturally occurring illnesses. Zoo animals usually do not form resistance to most ordinary of ailments and are more prone to catching viruses that they would never encounter in the wild.¨(¨Zoos¨) Even though zoos try to argue that it´s educational, many mistakes have took lives of different animals because they didn´t know the animal´s breed well enough. ABC news reports a pregnant bear at the Toledo Zoo was isolated in a den without food or water since she is near-hibernation state when pregnant. But she was found weeks