“Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my!” This quote from The Wizard of Oz, by Frank L. Baum, is a common phase that comes to mind when people think of a zoo. While zoos are exciting for people from age 1 to 100, they aren't always exciting or healthy for the animals. Circuses are the same way exciting for visitors but hell holes for many animals. Animals in zoos and circuses deserve the same rights and protections as animals living in the wild.
All animals, not just domestic animals, should be treated humanely. However, many animals in circuses are not treated humanely. This conclusion came from an investigation, into a few circuses in Bolivia, that should the animals were abused. This consequently made Bolivia the first country to outlaw animal …show more content…
Animals in zoos and circuses live in closed tight cages. Many veterinarians have reported animals with self-harm injuries and other injuries, caused from living in cages with other animals. A specific example is from Ken Langelier, who reported treating animals with foot infections from not have enough space to roam. While animals in zoos and circuses are being stuffed into cages, animals in the wild have large expanses of land to live in. Snow leopards, for example, live in high mountainous areas with hundreds of acres to roam in. the mountain gorilla, another roaming animal, has the large forests of Africa to live, grow, and play …show more content…
Some activists for zoos say that they are helping endangered species survive through breeding programs. However, breeding programs in zoos never get the chance to see or interact with their natural environments. Many zoos lobbyists petition that zoos protect the species from human destruction and teach younger generations about “wild” animals. A few zoos do have signs near their animal enclosures, but these signs hardly teach the visitors anything new about the animals or their environments. Very few of the animals in zoos are on the endangered species list. Some examples of these non-featured animals are Maned Wolves, Kit Foxes, and Nene, or Hawaiian
All animals, not just domestic animals, should be treated humanely. However, many animals in circuses are not treated humanely. This conclusion came from an investigation, into a few circuses in Bolivia, that should the animals were abused. This consequently made Bolivia the first country to outlaw animal …show more content…
Animals in zoos and circuses live in closed tight cages. Many veterinarians have reported animals with self-harm injuries and other injuries, caused from living in cages with other animals. A specific example is from Ken Langelier, who reported treating animals with foot infections from not have enough space to roam. While animals in zoos and circuses are being stuffed into cages, animals in the wild have large expanses of land to live in. Snow leopards, for example, live in high mountainous areas with hundreds of acres to roam in. the mountain gorilla, another roaming animal, has the large forests of Africa to live, grow, and play …show more content…
Some activists for zoos say that they are helping endangered species survive through breeding programs. However, breeding programs in zoos never get the chance to see or interact with their natural environments. Many zoos lobbyists petition that zoos protect the species from human destruction and teach younger generations about “wild” animals. A few zoos do have signs near their animal enclosures, but these signs hardly teach the visitors anything new about the animals or their environments. Very few of the animals in zoos are on the endangered species list. Some examples of these non-featured animals are Maned Wolves, Kit Foxes, and Nene, or Hawaiian