Bronx Zoo

animals suffering from extreme stress and depression is increasing daily. Zoos teach people it is acceptable to interfere with animals in their natural habitat and continue to place them into captivity; depriving them of open space, herds, and control over their life. A large percentage of the animals living in zoos are captive bred, and are traded between zoos their entire life. Many people believe that the animals held in zoos are an endangered…

you ever realized how zoo animals live? Imagine seeing an elephant in the zoo just standing there doing nothing, but then in movies and pictures you see them always walking and playing just always doing something. They don't have that choice in the zoo. Animals should not be kept in zoos or in captivity because they don't have the life they would have in their natural habitat, they are not taken care of well and they are not happy. Animals don't have as much space in the zoo as they would in…

The zookeeper's may be surprised that keeping animals in cages is actually bad for them. Keeping endangered species in a enclosed area and keeping them healthy is letting the animals have a safe place to live right? Wrong! Sure it lets them reproduce, but it is not the best way to keep them from danger. It hurts there natural hunting skills, Reproduction is slowed, and Releasing them back in the wild can be a pain. It hurts there hunting skills, if they are being fed, getting water, getting…

his Cincinnati zoo enclosure as he protected Isiah, a child that had fallen into his chamber. The panicked visitors screamed and shouted as they feared for Isiah’s life. Suddenly, a few men wielding hunting rifles appeared. Little did Harambe know, he was breathing his last breaths, and they would be in captivity. The men launched a barrage of bullets at Harambe as he fell to the ground. What did he do to deserve this? One thing’s for sure: Harambe would not have died if this zoo didn’t exist,…

#9 Why Zoos Should Not be Aloud Although zoos are really cool to visit, I think Zoos should not be allowed, because the animals are caged up and not aloud to see the real world. Sure people don't get to see these animals, but I'm ok without seeing a kangaroo, if I do see them it would be nice, but I'm ok see them on the tv and that's enough. Animals at zoos are sometimes even taken away from their family to be at different zoos like the dad at the LA zoo and the mom at palm beach zoo. Zoos…

Harambe, a 440 lb western lowland gorilla occupying a small pen in the Cincinnati zoo. Many gazed at his magnificence and maybe one day wanting to share the moment that brings a smile to your face with their future family; sadly there is one big reason why that will never happen, this big reason is summed up into one big, scary word. Violence. Many people loved Harambe and wanted people to know it. There are numerous rhymes, songs, and sayings expressing people’s love and miss for the beloved…

Just about every person loves a good zoo. People go to zoos to see and learn about all the animals. It is a excellent adventure for the whole family to enjoy. There are several zoos across the nation that have received the highest accolades. Take for instance just about everyone has been to or heard of the Ft Worth and San Diego zoos. These zoos are some of the most prestigious zoos around. Now let us take a look at the El Paso Zoo. The zoo has only two hundred and twenty two animals…

doing. We don't consider asking ourselves,” Do these creatures belong in zoos." The article “Do Zoos Shorten Elephants Life Span and the video,” pros and Cons of Zoos” help us to understand that we are basically torturing these animals. Unfortunately Asian Elephants are dying young due to the fact that the Elephants are being pulled apart from their families which is causing mental stress. For example, in the article “Do Zoos Shoten Elephant Life Spans” it said,” Both Practices break the…

Animals In Captivity I’d say most us have been to a zoo or an aquarium right? I’m sure all of you were amazed and captivated by all the exotic animals that the park had to offer. But I’m sure most of you don’t realize that these animals are basically given the same amount of rights as prisoners. These animals are stripped away from their natural habitats and are put into enclosed areas where they are limited to things that are important and natural to them such as running, roaming, flying,…

relation to systems of oppression. Some of the areas the term has been applied include race, gender, and class due to their interconnectivity. From Eric Tang’s “Organizing in Poor Immigrant Communities: Starting from Scratch in the Bronx”, “How Refugees Stopped the Bronx from Burning,” and Maliha Safri and Julie Graham’s “The Global Household: Toward a Feminist Postcapitalist International Political Economy,” I analyze the interdependence of violence, organizing, and opportunity in the context…