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    One con of keeping animals in captivity is how it can be cruel to the animal. Even though the overall treatment of the animals has improved‚ realistically‚ it is still cruel to keep animals caged up. Capturing animals is cruel. Animals have rights and routines. By capturing them‚ this disturbs their way of life and can really affect them. For example‚ elephants normally travel long distances in the wild‚ but are unable to do this in captivity. This could also cause psychological effects to the animals

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    Should We Keep Animals in Zoos? The Animal Welfare Act establishes that all UK zoo enclosures must provide “sufficient space to allow each animal to make normal posture and social adjustments”. Is this enough for e welfare of every captive animal? I am going to look at both sides considering whether or not we should keep animals in zoos? One of the main problems with zoos is the lack of space in the enclosure. Zoos cannot provide the area of space that an animal has in the wild‚ especially not

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    Keeping animals imprisoned‚ in a cage‚ or tank for most‚ if not all of their lives can be traumatizing. Imagine if that was you; going from being free in the wild and being able to do and eat when/whatever you want‚ to being in a cage and having your whole life on a schedule not to mention having to deal with these creatures looking‚poking and studying you all day long. Kind of sounds like going to school doesn’t it? Fellow supporters agree that keeping animals in captivity should be illegal due

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    a good idea to own an exotic animal. You shouldn’t take them away from their homes and then put them into a world they don’t know. Also‚ they are not able to stretch their legs‚ because they don’t have as much space as they do in the wild. So join the cause to help animals stay in their natural habitats. Also‚ will you take a 420-pound animal into your house with big teeth and claws? First of all‚ they should not be living in a place where they don’t belong. Animals are not things you can take from

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    rarely or even not at all receive visitors. However‚ a simple solution would make their stay more fulfilling‚ joyous and beneficial. Introducing an animal therapy program would give the elderly a chance to both receive and give affection freely. The opportunity to participate in this program would instill patients a sense of purpose as caring for animals can mimic the feelings that parents have when caring for their children. Stroking‚ petting and playing with the dogs can reduce the frustration and

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    Zoos are places that often visited by the people for recreation‚ moreover for the family who has child. They can find many kinds of animal‚ without going to the wild forest. Zoos can make the visitors happy‚ but it might not be the same condition as the wild animal’s feeling. I trust that zoos are cruel to the faunas. Numeruous people think that zoos are good for the wild animals. Keeping animals in the zoos can save the animals from extinction than let them free in their habitat. In their wild

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    that animals are different from human? According to (Lin‚ 2014) “many animal activists point to the publication of “Animal Liberation” in 1975 as the catalyst for the modern American animal rights movement.” Also‚ Lin see that in “1980 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is founded.” In (Mother Nature Network‚ 2008) points out that “It wasn’t until 1822 that animal-protectionists won their first public victory”‚ so after that people will think what is the definition of animal rights

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    Throughout history animal testing has played an important role in leading to new discoveries and human benefit. However‚ the realization of the moral status that animals hold only began in the late 1970’s. Today it is a multibillion dollar industry that involves several institutions‚ cosmetic companies and scientific centers. What people tend to forget is the great number of animal subjects that have suffered serious harm during the process of experimentation. Many ethical questions arise about these

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    Angelique Sheeerin October 20‚ 2014 Animal Captivity Industry slaughters more than 2 billion animals each year in the world. The reason as to why putting animals into captivity and using their skin as clothing is wrong is because more than four million wild animals are trapped and killed each year in the United States. Another reason as to why it is wrong because most of the time‚ the clothing made does not look good. Every year cows‚ pigs‚ sheep‚ goats‚ foxes‚ rabbits‚ raccoons

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    Keeping animals in zoos constitutes one of the greatest injustices of all time. Zoos keep animals mainly for public viewing. If truly animals were kept to avoid extinction‚ then we would have conservatories dedicated for that purpose. Furthermore‚ if you view animals at the zoo you will see that these animals spend most of their existence trying to escape. For the most part these animals do not want to be kept in captivity. All in all‚ zoos are prisons for animals. Zoos are premises for the captivity

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