enclosure size and total distance paced. This means that the tigers that lived in smaller spaces paced more than the tigers living in larger spaces. Tigers held in zoos are unable to move around as if they were in their natural living environment. This creates frustration for the tigers and leads to aggression. The small-enclosed living spaces in zoos lead tigers to suffer psychological disorders similar to those of humans. Tigers suffer from anxiety and depression due to the small living spaces. These effects
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All over the world‚ people visit zoos and circuses. People pay to see creatures of the wild up close and personal. They provide a great learning and bonding experience to families‚ couples‚ and friends. When you picture a zoo or circus‚ you imagine a sunny day filled with beautiful exotic animals and greasy‚ delicious food‚ but what are those animals really feeling and thinking behind their facade of fancy performances? Zoos and circuses are beneficial to humans because they create a money making
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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
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cause stress and severe emotional damage. A prime example of the effects captivity has on animals‚ is the shocking facts regarding elephants. Quite surprisingly‚ it has been proven that elephants in zoos fare much more poorly than those that live in the wild. It is the common belief that life in zoos is much safer due to the fact that food is provided and there are no predators‚ whereas animals in the wild have to fend for themselves. However for elephants this couldn’t be further from the truth
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In 2008 at the Singapore Zoo‚ three white Bengal tigers attacked and mauled a zoo cleaner‚ Nordin bin Mondongto‚ to death after the man walked through a moat surrounding their enclosure. Researchers asked themselves what would be the cause of these vicious behaviors being reported from many zoos across the globe‚ the answer being the harsh environment zoo animals are surrounded by. Many people are not aware of the harsh treatment the animals endure. Zoos‚ circuses‚ and famous attractions like SeaWorld
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After I read the articles: The Stripes Will Survive by: Jacqueline Adams‚ and The Zoos Go Wild by Nicholas Nirgiotis and Theodore Nirgiotis I realized how important zoos are to animals. Firstly in the article “The Stripes Will Survive” by Jacqueline Adams it says “Make sure that threatened and endangered animal species don’t disappear.” (Paragraph 4) There used to be one hundred thousand tigers roaming in the wild. Now about 5‚000 tigers live in the wild. The zoo’s breed these animals to make sure
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Park cannot be downgraded as a Sanctuary. Biosphere reserve People are allowed to live‚ own private land and carry on their traditional activities. (In the outer-zone) Ex-Situ biodiversity conservation (artificial home) • examples: seed banks‚ zoo‚ botanical gardens‚ aquariums Seed Banks • They store seeds at extremely low temperature and humidity. • Advantage: can save large variety of plant species in a very small space. Seed Banks : Problems • every seed has an expiry date‚ you cannot
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taking them to zoos and animal parks‚ animals do not deserve to be encaged and taken from their homes in this nature. The major problem with zoos is that the animals which live there are kept in enclosures that do not allow them to live their life in a natural way. No matter how big the animal enclosure is‚ or how much flora they place in the cages‚ no matter how beautiful they make the paintings on the wall‚ they do not compare to the natural habitat the animals were supposed to be. Zoo animals have
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do people think that zoos are protecting them from endangered? Actually‚ what they really do‚ Is torture them to live a new lifestyle from what they are really use to. Animals in the zoo tend to develop a kind of a mental illness‚ they are in caged for life and are forced to live in a confined space. Although‚ zoo harm animals‚ they sometimes help them to be out of extinction. But‚ who’s to say that animals in the wild would reproduce easily than in the zoo? In reality if zoos teach‚ what they’re
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destroying habitat for animals when we build things. That’s why we made zoos so that people could come and ordinarily learn about animals without destroying habitat or going to another country to see them. Although raising animals in captivity makes them lose almost all survival instinct since everything is given to them. It’s still a good idea to have zoos to help endangered animals get back on their feet. 3 reasons to keep zoos around are they make people feel wonder and amazement‚ teach them how
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