Persuasive Essay On Zoos

Zoos can be very good for animals. They can help save a species from extinction, and then the animals can repopulate. The zoos can also help to maintain the genetic diversity of a species. We should have zoos, because they repopulate species that are close to extinction and they maintain the genetic diversity of the species while treating all the animals humanely. Zoos breed species that are endangered or on the brink of extinction. The animals that are bred in captivity hardly get released back into the wild, but there are cases where it has worked. The red wolf in southeastern United States nearly went extinct, but zoos helped to save the population. “...such as the reintroduction of the red wolf in the Southeastern United States after it had nearly gone extinct. A species survival plan was used to bring the species back from the brink of extinction and its breeding program started with only 14 individuals (paragraph 11).” A zoo had a plan to breed a species and stop them from extinction, and if we got rid of zoos this wouldn't happen anymore. If there were no zoos left then breeding plans wouldn't happen, because people can’t …show more content…
With zoos breeding animals and being able to keep the genetic diversity they will be able to release more and more species back into the wild. “Zoos also say that they help maintain genetic diversity of species (paragraph 10).” If zoos continue to practice breeding more animals and they become better at maintaining genetic diversity more animals will be able to be released to their natural habitat, because they will be able to adapt to their new environment. There are roughly 500 survival plans being pursued right now, if the zoos end up getting shut down then roughly 500 species could possibly become extinct. By keeping zoos more and more species would thrive instead of becoming endangered or even