Zoos are inhumane and pointless. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Love them or loathe them,
zoos
have been part of the cityscape for over 150 years. Recently,
however
, many have questioned their value and the quality of care provided to the
animals
. Personally, I feel that
zoos
are cruel,
pointless
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and ought to be phased out.
Although
many
zoos
have made great improvements over the years, there can be no doubt that the captive
animals
suffer. Not only are the enclosures usually far too small, but the climate and conditions are often completely unsuitable. Polar bears,
for instance
, travel across vast distances of ice daily and yet, in some tropical regions, they are kept in small pens with only a tiny pool for relief.
In addition
to
this
discomfort, zoo
animals
can suffer stress
as a result
of being kept with unfamiliar and unrelated
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,
not to mention
the crowds of noisy visitors. In terms of conservation,
while
zoos
can assist in the preservation of endangered species,
this
effort is ultimately futile. The Sumatran tiger,
for example
, has been successfully bred in captivity,
however
, having been reared by humans, the captive population has lost its natural instinct to hunt, avoid humans, and raise its young. It would
therefore
be impossible to re-introduce these creatures into the wild. As well as
this
loss of instinct, there is
also
the loss of habitat to consider. Urban sprawl, industrialisation, farming and logging all contribute to the destruction of habitat, meaning that even if a
captive bred
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population of pandas or tigers were ready for release, there is, in fact, nowhere left for them to go. In conclusion,
zoos
may be able to keep
animals
alive but the quality of
this
life is poor and the
animals
’ future prospects are bleak. Efforts should
instead
be made to preserve wilderness areas to ensure the long-term survival of species.
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