Harmful Effects Of Zoos Essay

The Harmful Effects of Keeping Animals in Zoos Zoos appear to be fun, but as you get more in depth are they what they seem to be? If animals could talk they would answer that question with “no” but, they cannot. So, instead of them telling you the horrors of zoos, I will. In zoos, animals are forced to live in a small area and have to learn to adapt to a new lifestyle. Some animals suffer from serious problems that they would most likely not experience if they were not in a zoo. Zoos affect the animals wildlife, their natural behavior, and zoos cause injuries and deaths upon animals and humans. Years ago 100,000 wild tigers roamed free in their natural habitats and now statistics show that only 3,000 tigers roam freely (BornFreeUSA). To
Some illness or natural occurrences result in premature deaths. Studies show that forty percent of lion cubs die before one month and thirty percent die before 6 months (CAPS). Also that African Elephants live 3 times as long in the wild than they do in zoos (CAPS). There has been many situations where animals have died over escapes or a human's fault. A gorilla escaped and was shot to death. Zoo footage showed that teenagers were taunting the gorilla with rocks a few hours prior to his escape (PETA). Another instance was a zebra escaped into the lion exhibit. She narily got out but on her way out she hit a fence and broke her neck (PETA). In another zoo two polar bears died 5 weeks apart. One died after ingesting an object that was thrown into his exhibit. The other bear died from an infection from two dead fetuses in her uterus (PETA). Newborn animals get more attention than the larger animals (BornFreeUSA). Baby animals are known to be more appealing to people as they get older they are less attractive and they get killed or sold