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    Have you ever wondered what the animals think of their lives in zoos? Have you ever wonder what it would be like trapped in a cage for your whole life .Well I can say that those animals have the worst life possible when they are put in zoos. These animals are miserable they get zoochosis‚ which is used to describe the stereotypical behaviour of animals in captivity. Stereotypic behaviour is defined as a repetitive‚ invariant behaviour pattern with no obvious goal or function. They also don’t have

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    Have you ever looked at an animal in your local zoo exhibit and wondered if they were truly better off there than if they were in the wild? A growing number of people are beginning to believe that zoo animals are better off than animals who are left in their natural habitat. To thrive means that an animal is growing and learning to survive in such a way that allows it to flourish. Although animals in captivity are provided with their basic needs to survive and more‚ wild animals are more likely to

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    Jerry was thrown in a world that he felt did not want him‚ and his human flaw of wanting to escape loneliness led to his tragic death. In Edward Albee’s play‚ The Zoo Story‚ all Jerry wanted was to be heard and understood‚ and in the end‚ after sharing his life story with a complete stranger‚ he got his final wish - death. The Zoo Story not only tells of the alienation of man in modern society‚ but also reflects the philosophy of twentieth century existentialism. Jerry made a conscious choice

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    Currently‚ three kinds of primates reside at Manila Zoo‚ namely‚ Philippine monkey‚ Celebes black ape‚ and Japanese red-faced macaque (J. Pedron‚ personal communication‚ March 16‚ 2016). On the other hand‚ Ark Avilon Zoo houses two kinds of primates: Orangutan and Java gibbon (N. Rafael‚ personal communication‚ March 19‚ 2016). According to Pedron‚ the zoo obtained the primates through donation and trade. Most of the Philippine monkeys found in Manila Zoo were given by the owners who obtained the monkeys

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    For a long time‚ zoos which are original combinations of the nature and animals have played the important role in human life. Some people think zoos serve useful functions .However‚ others think it is cruel to confine animals in zoos. I think zoos are useful and necessary to be existed for our society for some reasons. First‚ zoos are good places where you can relax after a whole week and learn new things for watching animal’s activities. Futher more‚ zoos have many beautiful sightseeing and

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    at the cincinnati zoo on saturday the 28th of may 2016. Questions i will be answering are 1. Why did the zoo keeper shot the gorilla and not just tracalize it. 2. Was the child really in danger? And 3.What could the zoo have done to prevent this tragedy? To answer the first question of why did the zoo keeper shot the gorilla and not tranquilize it is because it would have taken about 10 minutes for the tranquilize medicine to take affect which was not an option due to the zoo officials not knowing

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    Animals Should Not Be Kept In Zoos Animals love being in their natural habitat; the wild. Far too many wild animals are kept in zoos being poorly treated and tried to shape into domestic pets. Majority of the enclosures are too small for the animals inside them. So many animals lose their natural instincts and then then if they are returned to the wild for any reason they don’t know how to act or hunt as a wild animal. People say it’s okay to have animals in zoos because it’s educational but it

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    Topic: keeping animals in zoo is cruel and unfair. Keeping animals in captivity has been practised since very long.  Putting wild creatures in cages is neither a good thing. In my opinion‚ captivating animals is not always a cruel deed in most cases where it proves to be an advantage to both humans and the creatures that were living before I the wilderness enjoying utmost freedom.  Firstly‚ the keeping and breeding of vulnerable animals in zoos and circuses ensure their protection better.  The

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    All I can say is that through my opinion zoos are really very cruel to wild animals. Why is this so ? Well because they don’t think of the wild animals habitat and the liberty which they need. The shock of being in captivity would actually depress the animals; they would even act violently and might hurt people near them. And it is not the animal to be fault. Firstly‚ the ecosystem became unbalanced. Secondly If the humans kept the wild animals in the zoo‚ they will ruin their food chain. Animals

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    reasons that I believe that zoos are bad for elephants. Zoos often shorten elephants’ life span. Zoos are also bad because they take elephants away from their natural habitat. Finally‚ the floors of zoo enclosures can cause foot infections that can injure and kill elephants. To start things off‚ elephants in the wild live longer than elephants in zoos. In the article‚ “Do Elephants Belong in Zoos‚” Jeffrey Cohn wrote that wild elephants can live into their seventies and most zoo elephants only live to

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