African Wildlife Essay

Dhanishka Pohuja Professor Linda King English 1A- 40396 19 October 2015 Zoos are Inhumane and Animals should not be kept in Captivity Zoos have been around for hundreds of years, displaying wild animals from around the globe for educational purposes as well as a form of entertainment for people. For the context of this research paper, zoo has been defined, by Oxford Dictionaries, as “An establishment that maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park or gardens, for study,…

According to Oxford Dictionary, a zoo is any establishment that collects animals in parks or gardens in order to study, conserve or display them to people. To conserve the population of certain endangered species, some conservation agencies establish zoos where they breed the animals before returning them to the wild. Some zoos are also started up for the sole purpose of entertaining people in exchange for money. In such zoos mostly large and attractive ones are kept in cages where visitors can…

Richard Turere observes a family problem from the predators, because the predators hunted down the villagers’ animals. The warrior class of the community started to protect the domestic animals by killing the predators, especially lions. Richard believed killing the lions was not an acceptable idea; therefore he started formulating hypothesis and testing new methods. The fist hypothesis was regarding fire, which failed, so he adopted a new method to use scarecrow. Lions observed that the…

Joe falconer once said “Basically,we all love Colorado. It's all about camaraderie and telling a lie about how big a cliff you jumped off of.” Colorado is different from Amarillo because in Colorado there are mountains,the schools have districts depending on where you live by,and by the weather. In Colorado the mountains are very high up and many people enjoy living on them. There are many things you could do. If you live up there then u could go see the waterfalls. Also,there are…

Severe animal cruelty is a serious issue that is commonly thought to be an issue of the past – but is it really? Animal cruelty, even though it has decreased significantly over the past century, is still rampant. Through the use of hundreds of thousands of zoos around the world, those who have claimed to be stopping the capture and abuse of millions of animals have allowed it to go by unnoticed and even supported by the public. From premature death and bad health to unnatural habitats and the…

Zoos are controversial and there are had been many arguments whether they are beneficial or harmful. Many say zoos are harmful to animals and they affect them mentally and emotionally. Others think zoos are beneficial and do a great job in their efforts to conserve endangered animal populations. Clearly some zoos have issues with the care and treatment of their animals. Overall, zoos are harmful to animals. Zoos force animals to live in a small enclosure which can affect an animal badly. An…

Animal Captivity in Zoos Over the past couple of years there has been a controversial topic about zoos. According to Animal Facts, “Many individuals are against animals living in captivity and being “paraded” in front of people for monetary gain. Others believe, for many animals, captivity is the only way their species will survive extinction.” Some people are for captivity and some are against. There are many reasons why people don’t like animals in captivity. A lot of scientist say that…

As Dennet mentions in the text, deception is done so by animals in their nature to distract their predator away from their territories or families, and he provides the example of the ground-nesting bird luring away it’s predator by acting that it’s wing is broken (pg. 91). Dennet believes that as humans, we engage in “intentional” activities as it is habitual for not only us humans, but for animals as well. Referring back to the ground-nesting bird, Dennet also mentions that deception feels more…

Animals In Zoos Keeping animals in captivity is wrong. While zoos can be found in every big city in America and entertain millions of people each year the mistreatment, confinement, and unnatural living conditions of the wild animals far outweigh any benefits of zoos in America. One of the most widely discussed issues in America today is of animals in zoos. Animals in zoos are a big controversy because most animals are caged in small areas, mistreated, and dying. One major reason why it is…

“We need to ask ourselves: is it fair to make inherntly- wild animals preform unnatural behaviors- balance on balls, wear huamn clothes, jump out of water on comand… for our entertainment?” This was the question of Paula Fitzsimmons who is very passtionate about saving wild animals. She highlighted one of the serious issues that one hasn’t sat down and thought about. Although circuses have used animals for many years doesn’t mean the animals are treated like they should be. Initially, circuses…