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 proud owner of Lost Creek safari which is a small zoo outside of Stillwater she has had the animals for twelve years ranging from lemurs to water buffalo the animals on her twenty one and half acres but the animals are only on about ten of the acres. Not a lot of people of been to a zoo owned and ran by locals which is a very neat and unique experience. When you do go to one of these you can learn and get so much closer than a regular ole zoo. They have had multiple people tell them that their
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As a teenager in Pondicherry‚ India‚ Pi Patel describes his family – himself‚ his parents‚ and his brother Ravi. He is constantly exploring new opportunities and learning many odd and exciting things. His father is the proprietor of the Pondicherry Zoo‚ where Pi learns much of the workings and raising of animals. Pi’s mother is an avid reader and introduces to him numerous literary works from which he learns the joys of numerous schools of thought. His school is filled with amazing teachers‚ one of
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In the book Life of Pi a young religious boy named Pi is traveling with his family‚ and many animals from their zoo‚ from India to Canada. Along the course of the trip‚ their ship sinks‚ his entire family dies‚ and Pi is left on a lifeboat with a few of the zoo animals‚ including a Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker. Once Pi is finally rescued‚ he is interrogated to try to discover the cause of the sinking of the ship‚ but in the interrogation he tells his story of being stuck on a lifeboat with a
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reaches the Sydney Harbour Bridge a gang attacks. Ben manages to escape by leaving the dog behind as a distraction. He takes refuge near Taronga Zoo but is haunted by the betrayal of his friend. Chapter 6: Ben is recaptured by the gang‚ which is run by a horribly scarred man named Chas. They force Ben to break through the perimeter fence of Taronga Zoo and act as a decoy. Chapter 7: Inside Taronga‚ Ben realises he is hunted by tigers. He uses the call to keep the tigers at a distance‚ until Ellie
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Zoos have been around for a very long time‚ does that make them an old tradition or something wrong that is past its time and is no longer welcome in our more modern civilized society? There are many advocators that want to keep zoos around and others that say zoos are inhumane and wish to abolish them. Personally I agree with both sides in some perspectives. For one I think that zoos are an important part of culture and that should stay to educate future people about the importance of preserving
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that you will find in captivity are exotic animals and marine animals. Some people who constantly view these animals are entertained by their “funny or silly” actions‚ and they think that they know a lot about that animal. Other people may think that zoos can be fun and educational‚ but these facilities usually hurt the animals more than they actually help them. What people do not know‚ is the reality behind an animal’s suffering. Letting these animals have their freedom back gives them a chance to
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“dying” in the same sentence. Since the war started‚ people cry everyday looking sad and empty‚ and big animals have been disappearing from the zoo. As an elephant and one of the biggest animals at the zoo‚ the zookeepers are going to kill me last. I know I am going to die and there is no way to get around doing so‚ simply because I heard soldiers at the zoo ordering the workers around. I wish I could be shot to stop the pain of waiting for the light to take me. My world is crumbling and I cannot help
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Visiting the zoo is a fun family activity that 175 million people do each year (“Zoo Statistics”). However‚ the animals in the zoo are treated horribly. As a kid‚ visiting the zoo was one of my favorite activities. I loved watching the animals and spending time with my family‚ but as I grew older‚ my joy of the zoo diminished when I realized what was happening to the animals. The mighty tiger that was once strutting across the grass is now a dreary‚ unhealthy animal that walks aimlessly just to pass
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animals in zoos has been a conflict for some time now. Many people think zoos are a form of cruel and unusual punishment for wild life. Many people believe an animal in captivity is denied its rights to freedom. Others believe it is a way to preserve endangered species while at the same time educational for the public. There are pros and cons to both sides‚ however‚ the use of zoos is not a necessary evil and should in fact be retired. There are many pros when it comes to zoos. For example‚ zoos help
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