Animals Behind Bars
Chances are if a person has swam with dolphins, fed a giraffe, or interacted with a whale, they were visiting a zoo or aquarium (Hulick 1). Children that are involved in these activities are often jubilant and engrossed by tons of animals as they stroll through zoos all around the world. What they are not aware of is that these animals are not elated or healthy being restrained in these zoos. Circuses, zoos, and other sanctuaries harm animals just to entertain people around the world. They enhance the appearances of the animals, but they hide the pain they are experiencing. Torture, starvation, punishment, illness, inhumane, and space deprivation are all words that accurately describe animal captivity. Most animals in captivity should be released because captivity directly affects their health, behavior, their instincts, and they are permanently disrupted. While some people are against animal captivation, others agree with it. Some, such as Jack Hanna, will say that zoos only rescue the animals that “need” rescued or those that do not stand a chance in the wilderness. Hanna claims that 25,000 animals owe …show more content…
Now, she lives at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, where she regularly performs for huge crowds of excited onlookers. She’s easy to work with, knows many tricks, and has had seven calves. Her calf Kalina was the first healthy killer whale born in captivity. “[Katina] was one of the first animals I ever got in the water with,” says John Jett, currently a marine mammal scientist at Stetson University. For four years in the 1990s, he was a trainer at SeaWorld. Now, John Jett feels that it is morally wrong to keep killer whales in captivity. “It doesn’t work out for the animals and it’s never going to work out for the animals,” he says. “I think you can put all the money into bigger pools that you want but never recreate the
Chances are if a person has swam with dolphins, fed a giraffe, or interacted with a whale, they were visiting a zoo or aquarium (Hulick 1). Children that are involved in these activities are often jubilant and engrossed by tons of animals as they stroll through zoos all around the world. What they are not aware of is that these animals are not elated or healthy being restrained in these zoos. Circuses, zoos, and other sanctuaries harm animals just to entertain people around the world. They enhance the appearances of the animals, but they hide the pain they are experiencing. Torture, starvation, punishment, illness, inhumane, and space deprivation are all words that accurately describe animal captivity. Most animals in captivity should be released because captivity directly affects their health, behavior, their instincts, and they are permanently disrupted. While some people are against animal captivation, others agree with it. Some, such as Jack Hanna, will say that zoos only rescue the animals that “need” rescued or those that do not stand a chance in the wilderness. Hanna claims that 25,000 animals owe …show more content…
Now, she lives at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, where she regularly performs for huge crowds of excited onlookers. She’s easy to work with, knows many tricks, and has had seven calves. Her calf Kalina was the first healthy killer whale born in captivity. “[Katina] was one of the first animals I ever got in the water with,” says John Jett, currently a marine mammal scientist at Stetson University. For four years in the 1990s, he was a trainer at SeaWorld. Now, John Jett feels that it is morally wrong to keep killer whales in captivity. “It doesn’t work out for the animals and it’s never going to work out for the animals,” he says. “I think you can put all the money into bigger pools that you want but never recreate the