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
and ought to be phased out. Correct word choice
and pointless
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 cage-mates
, Correct your spelling
cage mates
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
population of pandas or tigers were ready for release, there is, in fact, nowhere left for them to go. In conclusion, Add a hyphen
captive-bred
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.Submitted by Amanda Monteiro
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