Informative Essay: The Use Of Animals In Captivity

All around the world animals are held in captivity for the sole purpose of gaining revenue through entertainment, but by enclosing these animals in small jail cell type configurations, animals are being revoked of their chance to live and grow in natural environments. Animals who are stripped of their rights and chance to grow and thrive in a natural way usually end up developing physical and mental health issues and are more susceptible to problematic diseases. The use of animals in captivity as a source of revenue through corporate entertainment is wrong and punishes animals by disrupting their natural way of living.
As a young kid prone to the deception of being easily tricked or opinionated into thinking something was true, I went off with the rest of my family to the Cleveland Metro Park Zoo. Blind to the fact that the animals were being held in captivity, I went along with my family as if there was nothing wrong with the big picture. We visited most of the exhibits and explored the various types of animals. Exploring all of the exhibits allowed us to see and understand the different environments these …show more content…
Living outside of their natural habitat causes a variety of problems and is a serious problem. Corporate entertainment enterprises all around the world knowingly hold animals in these such conditions for the simple purpose of entertainment to gain revenue. Just because we are the dominant species does not mean it is okay to capture animals from their natural environment to be held in captivity for profit. These whales are getting hurt and are harming human beings. These animal's natural way of living is being disrupted for the sole purpose of making money. None of this is right and animal captivity for profit revenue should be stopped as soon as possible, being that it is very harmful and unnatural for the