When was the last time you went to your local Zoo to see an animal in the wild? If you are like most people, it might have been when you were a child in grade school, or with your children or grandchildren in grade school. On the other hand, was it to see a new exhibit with a Lion or Tiger or even the Pandas from China? With the invention of television and social media, are Zoos a necessity? In the essay “Animal and Ethics”, written by Scott D. Wilson, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wright State University, discusses the three general categories of animal rights. They are Indirect, Direct but Unequal, and Moral Equality theories. He lightly touches on how animal rights relate to zoos. Furthermore, Alasdair Cochrane, a British political
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Keulartz discusses the following ideas that are being promoted within the zoological societies and are the keys to success of zoos. The first one is the “alliances between zoos in developed countries and protected areas in developing countries are in everyone’s interests: on the one hand, they help zoos to strengthen the impact of their activities on in situ (original habitat) wildlife conservation; on the other, they secure long-term funding for protected areas” (345). This provides education to the zoos, as they are able to study the animals in the wild in their own habitat, which allows them to create a better life for the animals living in the zoos. The collaboration also allows the wildlife sanctuaries to funding and research that benefit both the sanctuaries and the zoos. Cochrane discusses Paul Ehrlich’s book, The Population Bomb, in it, he states that pollution and the depletion of natural resources are not the only environmental concerns (1). Also that the loss of plant and animal biodiversity, habitat of the wild animals, the ecosystems, and climate change are all part of the issues that have come to the top of environmental issues of the last few years since 1968 (1). The sharing of results of studies also gives the sanctuaries a chance to help save the …show more content…
We started to make larger enclosures, feed the animals in a way that invokes their instinctual behaviors, not just in a cup for the big game animals, but making them actually work for it, as if they would in their original habitats. Zoos and wildlife conservation parks have begun to team up to study animals in their original habitats, which allows the zoos to better care for the animals. It also provides funding to the wildlife parks, which allows them to conserve the natural habitat of the species they are working to preserve. Since there is a better understanding of species preservation, it is understood that not just a hand-full of a species spread across the world is enough of the species to prevent extinction; it would take a much larger gene pool to provide enough specimens for species preservation. One of the newest theories is that zoos should focus on animals that are local to them, not just the big attention grabbing lions and tigers. This is supposed to bring the local people that would be more concerned about the area or habitat for the animals at their local zoo to the local zoo. Education would play a key role in the saving of the local habitat. It would be very easy for people not to concern themselves about the habitat of an endangered species that is not around them. The
Keulartz discusses the following ideas that are being promoted within the zoological societies and are the keys to success of zoos. The first one is the “alliances between zoos in developed countries and protected areas in developing countries are in everyone’s interests: on the one hand, they help zoos to strengthen the impact of their activities on in situ (original habitat) wildlife conservation; on the other, they secure long-term funding for protected areas” (345). This provides education to the zoos, as they are able to study the animals in the wild in their own habitat, which allows them to create a better life for the animals living in the zoos. The collaboration also allows the wildlife sanctuaries to funding and research that benefit both the sanctuaries and the zoos. Cochrane discusses Paul Ehrlich’s book, The Population Bomb, in it, he states that pollution and the depletion of natural resources are not the only environmental concerns (1). Also that the loss of plant and animal biodiversity, habitat of the wild animals, the ecosystems, and climate change are all part of the issues that have come to the top of environmental issues of the last few years since 1968 (1). The sharing of results of studies also gives the sanctuaries a chance to help save the …show more content…
We started to make larger enclosures, feed the animals in a way that invokes their instinctual behaviors, not just in a cup for the big game animals, but making them actually work for it, as if they would in their original habitats. Zoos and wildlife conservation parks have begun to team up to study animals in their original habitats, which allows the zoos to better care for the animals. It also provides funding to the wildlife parks, which allows them to conserve the natural habitat of the species they are working to preserve. Since there is a better understanding of species preservation, it is understood that not just a hand-full of a species spread across the world is enough of the species to prevent extinction; it would take a much larger gene pool to provide enough specimens for species preservation. One of the newest theories is that zoos should focus on animals that are local to them, not just the big attention grabbing lions and tigers. This is supposed to bring the local people that would be more concerned about the area or habitat for the animals at their local zoo to the local zoo. Education would play a key role in the saving of the local habitat. It would be very easy for people not to concern themselves about the habitat of an endangered species that is not around them. The