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    Importance Of Animals In Zoos

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    ticket item in all zoos. Pandas bring prestige and fame to a zoo. What most people don’t know though, is that fame and prestige cost a lot of money. For each panda that a zoo has, it cost them one million dollars per year plus another six hundred thousand dollars every time a cub is born. On top of that, the money that the zoos make annually is not enough to cover the cost of the pandas (Washington Post 2). Pandas are not worth one million dollars a year, simply to look at. There are people in countries all around this world starving every day and America pays one million dollars a year to stand in front of a cage and look at a panda for five minutes. Zoos cost way more than just panda rent though. Chester zoo, a small zoo in the U.K. reports, “A major expense in any zoo’s budget is its food bill and Chester Zoo is no different, with mouths to feed ranging from corals in the aquarium through to rhinos and elephants. Our food bill to satisfy these diver appetites approaches £ 1,000 a day [$1,386.10]”(Zoo Nutrition 1). Chester zoo is paying over a thousand dollars a day to feed animals, of those that include coral reef. Its ridiculous that money can be found to pay to feed coral reef but thousands of people are living in poverty. It makes no sense to let people starve when thousands of dollars are being spent to nourish coral reef. This is not appropriate and not okay. People all around the world should think about where their money is going. Spending money at a zoo has no…

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    Zoos are places where animals are put on displays and where they have to live their entire life. People can visit zoos for money and watch animals like they are in some kind of television show or commercial program that is made for people only. People have to notice that we should not exhibit animals at zoos just for our entertainment. Animals in zoos should have the freedom they deserve and live in the wildlife where they belong. Zoos may be very necessary for endangered species. But, there…

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    Zoos Are Bad For Animals

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    people think zoos are bad for animals and think it is cruel, but they do not know the truth. Zoos help prevent extinction, support endangered animals, educate the public, and help save animals in bad conditions. Zoos benefit the lives of animals and their population. Zoos help prevent extinction of species. Earth is currently in a global extinction crisis. Almost one fourth of all known mammals are threatened with extinction. The percentage is even higher for invertebrates, over a third…

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    Are there dangers in zoos toward animals held in captive? The correct answer is yes, there are many. Elaborating on that, zoos should not be holding large animals in captive. Holding large animals in captive is bad because a lot of animals play an important role in their environment, many of their physical needs aren't met by zoos, and their lives are often shorter if their born in a zoo. If we take animals out of their environment, that will hurt the environment(“A zoo”). All animals play an…

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    Keeping Animals In Zoos

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    Animal captivity is a cruel, miserable, and an unhappy thing for animals in zoos. Zookeepers are not feeding animals enough food or giving animals enough space to play in the cages at zoos and aquariums, too. Animals all over the world need more care, more safety and more room to play with their type of species. Animals keep dying because zoo keepers and owners can not take good enough care of the animals, or have the time to feed the animals, or take the time to take good care of the animals.…

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    Animals getting captured and put up in zoos is a fast growing problem and it's harming innocent animals, this is a very important topic because by capturing animals we put them in danger of extinction and harms aquatic ecosystems, many marine mammals live in large groups and have a high life expectancy, but this greatly decreases when they are kept in captivity, animal captivity is a very common problem, and it is putting many marine species in danger of extinction and needs to be stop, because…

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    Wonderful Prisons for Pitiful Animals Pretty pictures painted on the walls, so many branches placed all around, magnificent creation of the land area; all these can't surpass the feeling when you're at home. Killing His creations unintentionally, forgetting the sense of equality, serving these animals the things which they think they deserve; all these are just revolving around a business. Zoos are educational and nuts but not. How could we even trust zoo proponents if they don't believe in…

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    When you go to a zoo have you ever thought of how the animals got there? Some people may think that zoos are helping society, although zoo authorities have said that, they could really be hiding animal abuse. Animals should not be put in that situation. Zoos take wild animals and put them into artificial settings, visitors tend to abuse animals and their habitats by littering, and captive animals do not exhibit their natural behavior traits in a zoo. Wild animals are connected to their natural…

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    Zoos have been enjoyed by more than fifty millions of people per year. After thinking about it, all visitors should have self- reflect to answer that is it really fun to watch sad animals behinds bars? For decade, It is an important debate whether animals should be kept in the zoos or not. Some people say that it is necessary to capture animals in the zoo due to preservation of endangered species. Furthermore, the zoos serve as laboratories for research and great education tools for children.…

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    Animal Cruelty In Zoos

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    Imagine a young helpless animal being taken from its home in the wildlife and held in captivity, behind bars and gates, held a prisoner to the world. Each year, thousands of animals are ripped away from their homes and their families and are used for entertainment. Zoos are a popular attraction for kids and adults; it gives people the opportunity to get up close and personal with some their favorite animals. Zoos even allow people to feed and pet the animals, which make zoos very well-liked and…

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