“When we return wild animals' to nature, we merely return them to what is already theirs, for men cannot give wild animals freedom, they can only take it away." (Jacques Cousteau) We humans lock up these animals, yet we cease to think thoroughly about what we are actually doing. We don't consider asking ourselves,” Do these creatures belong in zoos." The article “Do Zoos Shorten Elephants Life Span and the video,” pros and Cons of Zoos” help us to understand that we are basically torturing these animals.
Unfortunately Asian Elephants are dying young due to the fact that the Elephants are being pulled apart from their families which is causing mental stress. For example, in the article “Do Zoos Shoten Elephant Life Spans” it said,” Both Practices break the animals’ family tie and presumably causing mental stress." The practice of separating the young calves from their mother it causes stress which shortens the lifespan of the elephants. Another reason elephants die young in the zoo is because they are most likely overweight due to the lack of space. For example,in the same article it says,” Zoo elephants are …show more content…
For example, in the video “Pros and Cons of Zoos” it said in 1:29,” Noise level in two northern Californian views had sounds ranging from 62-72 DB compared to the noise levels of a rain forest at an average about 27 DB." As shown there is a noise of about 43 DB difference. This is very dangerous for the animals, but their is no way little children can visit the zoo without making noise. Another example, is when is said in the video at 2:45,” light levels are also higher than they are suppose to be maintaining a low light situation keeping animals less aggressive. But if you don't have ant lighting how are you supposed to see the animals." This also affects the animals. The light is damaging their eyes but we humans need a lot of light to be able to see the
Unfortunately Asian Elephants are dying young due to the fact that the Elephants are being pulled apart from their families which is causing mental stress. For example, in the article “Do Zoos Shoten Elephant Life Spans” it said,” Both Practices break the animals’ family tie and presumably causing mental stress." The practice of separating the young calves from their mother it causes stress which shortens the lifespan of the elephants. Another reason elephants die young in the zoo is because they are most likely overweight due to the lack of space. For example,in the same article it says,” Zoo elephants are …show more content…
For example, in the video “Pros and Cons of Zoos” it said in 1:29,” Noise level in two northern Californian views had sounds ranging from 62-72 DB compared to the noise levels of a rain forest at an average about 27 DB." As shown there is a noise of about 43 DB difference. This is very dangerous for the animals, but their is no way little children can visit the zoo without making noise. Another example, is when is said in the video at 2:45,” light levels are also higher than they are suppose to be maintaining a low light situation keeping animals less aggressive. But if you don't have ant lighting how are you supposed to see the animals." This also affects the animals. The light is damaging their eyes but we humans need a lot of light to be able to see the