Human zoo

There is an old tale of a crow and a peacock in a zoo park. The peacock was outrageously beautiful, full of color and excitement. The crow tried so hard to appear like the peacock that it even collected its feathers and attached it to himself. In the end, the crow was still the same no matter how hard he tried to change his outward appearance. This is an example of basic human nature. Throughout our lives, we are inspired by the role models in our community. We imitate their actions, values, and…

is very engrossing in a way that it grabs the attention of the reader and brings one such thought. In the article, Berger thoroughly studies the gap between a man depending on an animal. He argues that humans have moved to a higher position above animals, and explains that this is because we as humans have an ability to surpass the range of our planet's natural environment. Berger brings attention to the fact that in earlier times when we first recognized animals, they were only seen simply as…

My interest in gorillas started when I took my first trip to the zoo. I remember staring at the gorilla and how large and intimidating it looked. When I got home, I was still so fascinated with gorillas and decided to do more research. Their physique and intimidating look always captured my attention. I took more trips to the zoo just to have an encounter with a living gorilla. As I grew up, my interest in gorillas expanded and I would associate myself with anything gorilla-related. The more…

Sacrificing Animals for Humans Gary Steiner, a Philosopher, author and Professor at Bucknell University, wrote an article November 2009, in the New York Times entitled, “Animal, Vegetable, Miserable.” In the article, Steiner discusses how unethical he considers it to kill animals for human consumption. In addition to consuming animals, Steiner reports, it’s inhumane to use any products that were made from sacrificing animal lives. The article goes on to say, recently more and more people have…

about surviving being a way of life through hardships come from the way we talk about it amongst other species not humans. When we talk about animals, we speak about survival being the opposite of extinction. This means an animal is always striving to survive to avoid extinction. Yet, I tend to think about survival being the lowest point of a person’s life when thinking about humans. I think about a person living in some form of deprivation whether it is food, clothing, shelters etc. People who…

all coming together in their perfect ecosystem. These animals know every aspect of the place they call home: the time of sunrise and sunset, what’s safe to eat, when to protect themselves and their family, etc. Now of course we see these animals in zoos all across the US but those environments are adjusted to suit the needs of the specific species living there. An apartment or house is not the best place for an exotic animal and it should be illegal to have one. Exotic animals are not pets.…

The main point of Mrs. Costello’s argument is that humans deny that animals have a concept of life and death, thus, humans are needlessly cruel to animals and show no sign of ending the cruelty due to the fact that crimes toward animals remain unpunished. Poets, like herself, are able to have “‘ a feel for’ an animal’s experience. That leads them to recognize the crime of killing any animal that can experience the sensation of being alive to the world” (Introduction, 5). After the speech at the…

friend of mine Tom about various animals while we were at the zoo. Then we had passed the chimpanzee exhibit and then Tom said a dumb remark stating that chimpanzees are like humans because they walk upright. Which I had responded they may share the ability to walk upright and share a few similarities, however, there are various differences that a human and a chimpanzee have like dietary, habit, and lifestyles. To begin with humans and chimpanzee have a different dietary consumption.…

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is a book which discusses many things, most specifically how humans see and treat the world around them. The book categorizes humans into two distinct categories, takers and leavers. There are many themes which are used throughout the book, such as captivity, identity, and evolution. One of the most important things discussed throughout the book is the environment, how humans treat it and how the takers are destroying the world through knowing nothing about it. This book…

much pleasure and pain will be brought out of a given situation. An example for the Happiness Calculus would be going to the zoo on a rainy day. The pleasure would be seeing all of the exotic animals, while the pain would be doing it in the with the possibility of not seeing any of the animals due to the rain. In that scenario,…