For many people, the zoo is a source of childhood amazement and fond memories: swinging monkeys, laughing hyenas and growling tigers. Conservationists say zoos advance their educational and preservationist efforts, but others see zoos as prisons where innocent creatures are unjustly held captive. The next time your child asks you to take them to the zoo, what will your answer be?
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People who truly care about animals know that the only other option is to stand back & to let these species become extinct unless by some miracle the destruction of these species habitats is completely & totally ceased, as in yesterday, & that we also somehow manage to regrow their habitats quickly as well as reduce the human population & expansion by at least two thirds. Maybe PETA should make this possible instead of slamming zoos for their efforts. Also, if their hunting behaviours were allowed to occur naturally in zoos would your organization not then be up in arms over the gazelles, antelopes, etc, raised solely for this purpose & suggest the display is just another form of "zoo propaganda"? But i forgot, by the whole human population turning vegetarian there'll no longer be a need for farms or ranches therefore freeing up space to recreate natural habitats, but alas what happens to the newly liberated livestock if culling is out of the question? I DON'T agree with culling animals BUT again what would be the alternative if you get your wish? We're not allowed to milk them, which is ESSENTIAL for THEIR health , how are they going to FIND adequate food to support their current numbers? Not to mention the destruction of the environment when millions of sheep, etc are all "free", whoops! There goes the newly re-created habitats. I mean we're not allowed to put fences up to contain them because then, that would be a ZOO!!
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May 31, 2009 7:42AM
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Zoos Cannot Replicate Wild Animals' Habitats
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By PETA - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals
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Self-evident
I suppose it could be argued that a zoo could create a reasonable environment for something like a butterfly. But then again, some butterflies migrate thousands of miles each year! In my view, it is self-evident that a zoo cannot create a "natural" environment for an elephant, a walrus, a lion, a rhinocerous, etc. Whether what the zoos do create is "comfortable" or not - well, you'll have to ask the animals. Alligators seem happy enough in zoos, but who knows?
I'm not A PETA person. I think most of them have too much time on their hands. But I don't see the value of zoos in the 21st century. I think there is a level of cruelty there, borne out willfully ignoring our increasing knowledge of animal behavior and evolution. If I were king, I would phase them out.
- JackNYC September 3, 2008 3:56PM
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zoos save animals
Zoos are very proactive in protecting, breeding and preserving endangered animals . Zoos can provide a natural habitat, like the ones they originated form. When animals become endangered or their habitat becomes endangered, zoos can help grow their population back to normal. Some zoos have set up reserves for endangered animals to walk free without hunters or other human contact.
Animals can thrive in zoos because their habitats are similar. Habitats in the wild are being destroyed every day. Farmers and meager paper plants destroy hundreds of acres a day.
the Virginia Zoo and Oregon zoo are just two of the hundreds of zoos that breed, protect rebild and then set free animals. some animals get hurt in the wild to and cant serviv on their own. ZOOS ARE GOOD
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April 30, 2009 9:22PM
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