Imagine, at a young age being torn from your family and everything you have ever known. You are placed in a strange cage that is far too cramped for you while creatures you've never seen stare, laugh and throw objects at you. They control your every life and if you don't do exactly as they say you won't get to eat that day. Everyday you fear for you life and hope that someday the misery will end. No living creature should ever have to endure this, unfortunately, for captive animals this is the life they live. Most animals in captivity are either taken from the wild at a young age or born into it, losing every trace of what they used to be. Fortunately, from year to year it's more apparent that people are learning how miserable animals actually
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This statement is credited by a groundbreaking study conducted by the National Science Fund and a partnership among the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). The study was to prove the positive correlation/relationship between visiting Zoos and the impact on the visitors. This study took place over a three period with over 1,400 participants. The AZA used various different types of techniques (written survey, tracking study etc.) to record accurate data. Furthermore, after the first initial visit the participants were asked to return after 11 months. The results of the study were exactly what the NSF and the AZA intended (“Groundbreaking Study”). “Nearly half of the participants that took part in the study said they felt an elevated awareness to their role in conservation as a direct consequence of their visit. About 40 percent commented on the important role that zoos and aquariums play in education, furthermore, more than half of visitors were able to talk about what they learned from their previous visit, and 35 percent reported that the visit reinforced their existing beliefs about conservation, stewardship and love of animals” (“Groundbreaking Study”). The most important aspect of this study was overwhelming response of individuals who feel like they now understand their place in the world of conservation. Ultimately, without conservation hundreds of species
This statement is credited by a groundbreaking study conducted by the National Science Fund and a partnership among the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). The study was to prove the positive correlation/relationship between visiting Zoos and the impact on the visitors. This study took place over a three period with over 1,400 participants. The AZA used various different types of techniques (written survey, tracking study etc.) to record accurate data. Furthermore, after the first initial visit the participants were asked to return after 11 months. The results of the study were exactly what the NSF and the AZA intended (“Groundbreaking Study”). “Nearly half of the participants that took part in the study said they felt an elevated awareness to their role in conservation as a direct consequence of their visit. About 40 percent commented on the important role that zoos and aquariums play in education, furthermore, more than half of visitors were able to talk about what they learned from their previous visit, and 35 percent reported that the visit reinforced their existing beliefs about conservation, stewardship and love of animals” (“Groundbreaking Study”). The most important aspect of this study was overwhelming response of individuals who feel like they now understand their place in the world of conservation. Ultimately, without conservation hundreds of species