Zoo Animals Essay

The Alouatta genus is one of the primate groups which have had extensive research carried out into their wild welfare and behaviour. Captive studies on howler monkeys are particularly minimal, even though they could provide researches and zoos further information on specific behaviours, physiology and biology (Pastor-Nieto, 2014). The few studies that have been carried out on captive howler monkeys suggest that males are dominant over females. In many instants most males will settle fights…

April 2017 The Future of Zoos With the establishment of zoos, humans have been able to learn an immense amount of information about the other species that share our planet. As the idea of formalizing this institution started to become implemented in 19th century London, many other nations would soon follow after the zoo’s success. Most often through trial and error, early zoos had to adapt to the many challenges which they would face when taking care of these creatures. Zoos and other wildlife…

Animals and Ethics: Should Animals be Granted Rights? Historically, humans have acted as the dominant species of the planet, as we possess moral and intellectual capacities beyond any other animal. Recently, however, this centuries-long tradition has been challenged by the views that animals are indeed capable of a reasonable sense of morality and intellectual abilities. As such, several groups have formed to advocate for the extension of basic moral rights to said nonhuman beings. Naturally,…

Ari Pineda Leveron Ap Lang. – Pd. 1 23 January 2017 Hiding In A Zoo The book The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story was written by Diane Ackerman, to convey several messages. One of the lessons that really stood out was, that when evil is presence there is a need to rise up to the occasion. In the book they sacrificed a lot and do things they never though they would do. Ackerman really got her message across by using parallelism, pathos, and allusions. These also helped the book more…

like fun to you? Animals in captivity live a life similar to that every single day. Captivity is not natural. It negatively affects an innocent animal's life forever. How an animal lives in captivity is completely different than how wild animals live. It is quite simple really: wild animals belong in the wild and caged animals should cease to exist due to reasons such as diet, life expectancy, and behavior. Being an animal in captivity has its pros and cons when it's meal time. Animals scarf…

meerkats, this behaviour is so instinctive that they continue to perform it even in captivity. The aim of this study was to establish an understanding of the sentry behaviour in captive meerkats. This was done by observing meerkats in the Johannesburg Zoo and determining the behaviour of both sentries and non-sentries. Results showed that sentries were mostly adults, occupied high vantage points, scanned the sky more frequently, engaged in resting and foraging most commonly after duty and the…

backstory of Piscine’s childhood. Piscine is a Hindu who goes to a Christian school- which is where he professes himself as Pi- and who lives at a zoo. Pi’s adolescence is filled with the fascination of more than one religion: Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam, but also the more scientific side of zoology, with the understanding of the dangerous animals that surround him and their workings. Both works follow the polytheistic boy who ends up stranded on a boat with a tiger, having only his wits…

A trip to the zoo is always enlightening as no matter how long ago it was we last visited we can always forget something about the animals that live this world with us. Going to the zoo can remind us that we are creatures just like these animals, but also remind us that we are so much more than just animals. Our lives on the surface seem so much more complex than the primates around us, however if we could take the time to observe the lives and the emotions of the animals around us then maybe we…

Although uncommonly known today, human zoos were an abnormal phenomenon that unexpectedly got popular. They were swept under the rug by businessmen who flooded the headlines with other things to overshadow and hide the outbreak of hate against human zoos. People forgot about them and soon they were an unknown form of entertainment, especially after racial equality campaigns began to have some precedent. However, even before it became an equal rights problem, it was still controversial for its…

offer an opportunity for its visitors to experience a temporary disconnection from the real world. Zoos and aquariums cultivate an appreciation for wildlife because they attract people from all ages, visitors can appreciate animals closer, and people learn about wildlife with tours, pamphlets and experiences. First, these places attract people from all ages successfully. From children to seniors, zoos and aquariums are meant for the whole family in comparison to other public places. Both places…