The essays I read presented different perspectives on the morality of keeping animals in captivity. The first essay “Only Elephants Need Apply” by Stu Bykofsky, talked about how logging was stopped, which left the owners and elephants jobless. The owners were responsible for providing their elephants with about 500 pounds of food a day with no source of income. The workers chose a practical path, even though it was sad. Many of the owners took their elephants to the crowded capital, Bangkok.
They were labeled “A” through “L”. After three weeks an unusual amount of monkeys began to die. Bill Volt the Colony manager at the monkey house began to think that the monkeys were becoming heat stressed because the thermostat was broken and it was very warm. He called Dalgard and he agreed to come to the monkey house to take a look. Upon arrival he was led to room “F”.
He lived his life adapting “perfectly to natural things” and “harmonize[d] himself with nature”(1). Eastman regards his teachers as great and noble Indians that have served time in battle and gained the respect of his tribesman. Eastman looked up to these men and aspired to be like them, and with no intention to change, claiming “my teachers dreamed no more than I of any change in my prospects”(3). At this point, being a brave courageous man is all he has planned for his future. He has hardly given any thought to civilization outside of the woods and has not yet contemplated “learning the white man’s ways”.
“ Furry Fortress of Deals” Have you ever wanted to shop for your furry friends, and try to get the most bang for ones’ buck? Realizing that those plastic little toys are not going to last throughout the week. By time you get home and give your pet those $80 dollar pet supplies that they are destroyed in 5 minutes. Petsmart is the best store to shop for pet supplies. The supplies at Petsmart make it the best store to shop at because of the different departments, huge selections, and great prices.
Even though the Sky Chief did not show any respect for the nature, when he asked the men to uproot the tree, he still respected the nature and his wife by uprooting the tree just to make her dream come true. Not only the Onondaga tribe showed respect for others, another tribe that respect is very important for them is the Modoc Tribe. On “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” the Modoc tribe shows that their cultural beliefs matter a lot to them. It shows that they are peaceful and have really strong family values. Just like every other
Both Mrs. Drover in “The Demon Lover” and the narrator in “Shooting an Elephant” are trapped in what history has created, and what history has made them. People who live through wars often move forward without fully realizing how dramatically the experience has changed them. This is definitely the case in the life of Mrs. Drover, the main character in “The Demon Lover”. History has not been kind to Mrs. Drover. It is now the middle of World War II, but 25 years before, World War I resulted in the death of her fiancé.
On the contrary it is one of the most inhumane zoos in the world. The Bronx Zoo is known for its large space… and small enclosures. The Zoo is very large, boasting 265 square acres, but is known for its extremely small habitats for its animals, especially its elephants, ironically the largest animals there. The zoo has even put one of their elephants Happy, into solitary confinement for the rest of her life solely for the reason that she doesn't get along with the other two elephants at the zoo. That is no life for such an intelligent animal.
An out of control elephant was ravaging the bazaar. So he loads up his rifle, which he says is “too small to kill an elephant, but the noise might be useful for scaring him off” (Orwell, 1936) In my opinion, the right thing to do because I do not condone the killing of helpless animals, if the situation can be controlled. As soon as Orwell gets to the elephant, after some gruesome images of a coolie being trampled by the elephant, he has to make up his mind whether or not to shoot the elephant, which is minding its own business by now in a field a few yards away. Now as the natives and townspeople are following him, basically egging him on to shoot the elephant. Something he clearly does not want to do, he feels the pressures of looking like a fool versus not.
Should people be able to have exotic pets like Chimpanzees or Tigers? Some people say that having an exotic pet helps them to learn more about wild animals, and they do not have to be dangerous, and people would get bored with regular pets then exotic animals. Others think that people should not keep exotic animals, because they are too dangerous even if people trained them. People can control the animals when the animal is a new born, for example, a trainer can train a baby tiger, but the baby tiger will not get used to it until it grows up. The wild animals will always be wild even though people raised them or kept them in their house.
The animals are not able to repopulate quick enough in order to boost their total number. If this trend continues and nothing is done about the slaughter of these beautiful creatures there soon will be no more of these animals left on earth. In Tanzania alone over 31,000 elephants have been killed by poachers (Hartley). All throughout national parks in Africa elephant carcasses can be found littered with bullet holes and axe marks where the tusks have been removed. Most of the killing happen with