Are Zoos Good Or Good

Zoos have played a great part in our society since the very beginning. As our society began expanding it caused great amounts of deforestation and habitat destruction. Over the centuries this process has become more violent than ever before. According to Alina Bradford a live science contributor mentions that we are permanently destructing forest of an estimated 18 million acres per year according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. Bradford claims how deforestation has rapidly increased over the years. She gives the example of how 90 percent of continental United States’ indigenous forest has been removed since 1600. For many years people have debated whether zoos are bad or good. There is the debate about animal cruelty to some extent because the animals are locked up in a cage where they have no freedom. And the other one is how animals in captivity is a good cause due to the dangers that are present in the wild now in days. These two points are an endless debate in which both sides are equivalent to each other. Yet I strongly believe that animals in captivity have more chance of survival than if they were released back into the wild.
If we were to release them back into their natural habitat they will have difficulty in either finding a food source or being able to tell who is a poacher or a wildlife ranger. Animals who have been captive for most of their life are dependent of their caregivers and are not suited to be in their natural habitat. Most animals won’t get accepted into a herd or be able to adapt to that kind of lifestyle which they have never experienced. In the following passages I will explain the main reasons why I strongly believe that animals that have been held in captivity should remain in