Why Do We Need Zoos

In my opinion, humans have already interfered too much with nature and the consequences have rarely been positive. As a species we should try and minimise the impact we have on the limited remaining wildlife there is and encourage it to thrive in its originally habitat. Although Zoos do have a role to play in the preserving of animal welfare and the education of the general public, in order for their role to remain valuable they must thoroughly consider the rights and satisfaction of the animals before anything else. Zoos offer a safe and protected environment where zookeepers can treat and preserve endangered species, however they will never be able to provide everything that animals are able to find in the wild. In addition certain studies have exposed that animals regularly show abnormal behaviour when brought into captivity, which is in contradiction with the ethos of …show more content…
Even though exotic animals have been a part of our history for a long time, in my opinion society has changed along with our treatment of animals. As a western society, we have become more aware and concerned with animal welfare, and what would have been considered acceptable treated of animals a couple of hundred years ago, would now be considered inhumane. However because of the regulations place in the UK in 1981, the western world cannot control how other parts of the world act or judge what’s right and wrong, as a result, many animals are being mistreated in Zoos. For example, in Thailand they are over 500 private and public elephant Zoo. Unlike the elephant populations of India and Africa, 95% of Thailand 's elephants are tamed working elephants and so are under constant control and have no freedom. Likewise, only wild elephants have any legal protection in Thailand, leaving the vast majority of Thai elephants exposed to abuse and neglect by their