Pros And Cons On Zoos And Aquariums

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Whatwould it be like to be surrounded by enclosed walls, very cramped enclosuresand not having freedom? This describes life as an animal in a zoo or aquarium keptin captivity. Some debate and characterize aquariums and zoos as being“captive”while others feel the marine and land animals should be let out into the seaandexperience what freedom is really like. However, animals that are taken in havein most cases suffered an injury or illness from being in the wild. These captivedisplays of the animals are an educational experience and show on lookers whatit looks like to be down in the sea with the other animals, what all theaquatic life looks like and in zoo cases what’s it like to be in the animalwild. I’m going to visit local aquariums and zoos to research how animals aretreated and if they under-go any harm. To show whether local aquariums or zoosare keeping the animal captive in an uncomfortable scene or helping it survive,I am going to interview people to see what their opinion is on “If animalsshould be in aquariums or zoos or if they should be in the ocean”? Who reallyis to say? You can state that it is an opinion matter but there are such factsthat prove either way. “Zoos are an unsuitable environment for wild animals and should,therefore, be abolished. Firstly, zoo animals are kept in a very confined areacompared with their vast natural habitat. Secondly, breeding programmes are farless successful than zoos claim. Thirdly, zoo animals are exposed to manydiseases and other dangers.” ("Zoos Should be Banned.”) “No matterhow big some zoos try to make the enclosures, no matter how many branches theyput in them, no matter how beautiful they make the background paintings on thewall, they don't compare with the natural habitat the animals were meant to bein. Zoo animals have to spend day after day, week after week, year after yearin the exact same enclosure. This

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