something that people have been around their whole lives. Animals in zoos for instance. Children take field trips to the zoo all the time. They walk around in groups looking at these animals in cages‚ taking pictures with them while they are behind bars. This is just something that humans have grown used to and are ok with. However‚ does that necessarily make it ok? According to CAPS‚ Captive Animals’ Protection Society‚ “Wild animals in zoos suffer physically and mentally as their complex social‚ behavioural
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enclosure. Zoos can also kill animals they do not find they have any use to. This is the case with Marius the giraffe. In “Ethics at the Zoo: The Case of Marius the Giraffe” by Jason Goldman‚ it stated that Marius giraffe was a healthy juvenile giraffe who was euthanized because “his genes were already sufficiently represented in the giraffe population across the zoos of the European Association of Zoos…” (Goldman). Marius was fine the way he was‚ but they decided to euthanize him‚ which zoos should
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be realised into the wild. Healthy News In zoos around the world animals are suffering Weird News. Every day animals are taken out of their natural habitat and put behind bars‚ purely for our benefit. Studies have shown that these animals are suffering form severe cases of depression‚ abnormal behaviour and physiological distress. How does the bird feel in the cage when he can clearly see his wild cousin flying free from his confine. Many people visit zoos so they are able to gain greater knowledge
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live a happy life. There are many animals in the zoo‚ which means the need for more zookeepers. They are a big part of the animal’s life‚ feeding‚ cleaning‚ and grooming them. A career as a zookeeper is both satisfying and frustrating. As a zookeeper there are many responsibilities. Zookeepers do not have much time off during the day. Zookeepers are always doing something (Crocker). Additionally‚ Mike Crocker‚ who is the director at Dickerson Park Zoo‚ said‚ “They work five days a week and every day
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true freedom confines our choices. This is seen through the environment of zoos with animals‚ Pi’s adoption of three different religions and Pi’s solitude on the lifeboat. To begin‚ Pi touches upon the environment of zoos through his lesson on the true context of freedom. His philosophy that contradicts societal thoughts on the captivity of zoos displays the limitations that animals face despite being free seen within both zoos and the wild: “Well-meaning but misinformed people think animals in the
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People around the world consider zoos a safe haven for animals. Visitors are told that all animals are provided proper health care and feel content with their environment. The truth is‚ most people aren’t aware that many of the animals suffer from ‘human mental health issues’. Zoo animals aren’t benefiting from zoos‚ in fact‚ it’s just the opposite. Through our research‚ we’ve found‚ “An Oxford University study based on four decades of observing animals in captivity and in the wild found that animals
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com/doc/30214154/The-Elephant-Short-Story-Summary). Selfish At the beginning of the story‚ the author describes the director of the zoo‚ as a man who “…Stepped stones on the road of his own career” (Slawomir Mrozek).The director of the zoo is a metaphor‚ which it represent the communist government of Poland (http://zh.scribd.com/doc/30214154/The-Elephant-Short-Story-Summary). “In this zoo the giraffe had a short neck‚ the badger had no burrow‚ and the whistlers‚ having lost all interest‚ whistled rarely and
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Safa was injured in an incident outside the zoo herself and several other lions are being held captive. Because of this‚ she tends to appreciate the safety inside the zoo more than others
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some of the arguments for and/or against keeping animals in zoos The problem with zoos Have you ever thought about how beneficial or damaging can be for an animal living its life kept in zoos? If you ask about zoos to people‚ most of them would be against keeping animals in jails‚ especially young people; but most of them don’t think about how favorable maintenance can be for some species. In this essay I will demonstrate the way that zoos can be either essential or mortal‚ depending on the species
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Captivity.) Many activists try to shut down zoos‚ and find any evidence of cruelty they possibly can to do so. Although the activists are unsuccessful‚ the attention needs to be diverted to the existing roadside zoos. Tony the tiger suffers everyday of his life in a cage that is not big enough for him to lie down in‚ along with other tigers. Some of the tigers end up dying from the toxic fumes of the gas and diesel (Tigers in America.) Human beings who run roadside zoos‚ know that they aren’t providing the
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