Imagine you are at the zoo with your friends or family enjoying the displays of the different species inhabiting the zoo. Now some might think animals being kept in this kind of situation are being treated unfairly and I am inclined to agree to some degree but there are other situations that we need to dive deeper into. Animal captivity can sometimes be a problem but I am going to shed light on multiple situations where animal captivity actually helps the animals flourish. In my opinion, it is fine for animals to be in captivity as long as the captivity isn’t harming the animals, using the animals solely for entertainment purposes, or is helping create better lifestyles for the animals that are being held in captivity or even out in the wild.
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They would also provide a story on how certain animals shown are constantly being hunted and poached and that you should try to encourage the prevention of harm on wild animals. This example shows how entertainment sites like zoos and aquariums offer educational information to the public. Not all of these sites have jumped on board with educating their visitors through their exhibits, but the change is happening and more and more zoos and aquariums are starting to upgrade their system for educational …show more content…
First of all, many people believe that animal captivity causes physical and psychological harm. That statement, however, is both true and false. All animals react differently to the surroundings, diets, and human contact that are thrust upon them in captivity. While some animals suffer from the stress of being locked up, other animals flourish. The life and birth rate of many species has increased since being in captivity as well as the death rate for other species has increased (Mason). The different possibilities of how certain species will handle captivity is very broad and judging captivity based on only one side of the spectrum is foolish. The second reason people think the captivity of wild animals is wrong is because they assume that the animals that are being held are dangerous to the people who work with the animals. This assumption does have evidence behind it, for example, three trainers who worked at SeaWorld were killed by the orca named Tilikum (Villarreal). That is an extremely heartbreaking fact, but the spot light that it has shed onto this topic has caused other parks to reevaluate the safety hazard brought on by housing such dangerous creatures, therefore, many entertainment sites like SeaWorld no longer allow the trainers to be close enough to the animals for there to be any possibility of harm. Lastly,
They would also provide a story on how certain animals shown are constantly being hunted and poached and that you should try to encourage the prevention of harm on wild animals. This example shows how entertainment sites like zoos and aquariums offer educational information to the public. Not all of these sites have jumped on board with educating their visitors through their exhibits, but the change is happening and more and more zoos and aquariums are starting to upgrade their system for educational …show more content…
First of all, many people believe that animal captivity causes physical and psychological harm. That statement, however, is both true and false. All animals react differently to the surroundings, diets, and human contact that are thrust upon them in captivity. While some animals suffer from the stress of being locked up, other animals flourish. The life and birth rate of many species has increased since being in captivity as well as the death rate for other species has increased (Mason). The different possibilities of how certain species will handle captivity is very broad and judging captivity based on only one side of the spectrum is foolish. The second reason people think the captivity of wild animals is wrong is because they assume that the animals that are being held are dangerous to the people who work with the animals. This assumption does have evidence behind it, for example, three trainers who worked at SeaWorld were killed by the orca named Tilikum (Villarreal). That is an extremely heartbreaking fact, but the spot light that it has shed onto this topic has caused other parks to reevaluate the safety hazard brought on by housing such dangerous creatures, therefore, many entertainment sites like SeaWorld no longer allow the trainers to be close enough to the animals for there to be any possibility of harm. Lastly,