The Zoo Story

are if a person has swam with dolphins, fed a giraffe, or interacted with a whale, they were visiting a zoo or aquarium (Hulick 1). Children that are involved in these activities are often jubilant and engrossed by tons of animals as they stroll through zoos all around the world. What they are not aware of is that these animals are not elated or healthy being restrained in these zoos. Circuses, zoos, and other sanctuaries harm animals just to entertain people around the world. They enhance the…

Simpson’s Stories and Songs of Islands of Decolonial Love (2015), “caged” tells the story of giigaa bizhiw, nishnaabemowi for bobcat. I believe that Bizhiw represents the resilience and strength of the indigenous people. Although she is kept in a cage in the zoo, she manages to remain a strategist and a warrior who does not lose connection with her culture and ancestors. Her relationship with Nabaabak and love that she feels help her put the puzzle together and make the cage fade. The zoo…

options. The main story line of this book didn’t have much of an impact on me, but some smaller parts did. When Ishmael, who is the main character, was talking about being in captivity versus when he was in Africa it made me wonder what actual animals feel about living in zoos. This makes me think about when I go to zoos and see animals that are visually distressed. Because of these animals not liking where they live, I believe some should be released back in the wild. The story of this book…

About News’s website, they name several arguments for and against animal rights in zoos. They first argue that zoos promote awareness for a species and that zoos can be educational tools to learn about a certain species (“A List of Arguments for and Against Zoos”). When visiting a zoo, the visitors can learn more about the animals, which creates a sense of helping the animals. Visitors are more prone to donate to their zoo or animal rights charity because they read all the facts and information…

Misunderstanding at the Zoo was the book I chose for my interactive read aloud. In the story, Mr. Peek accidentally puts his son’s jacket on before he goes to work. It obviously doesn’t fit and it makes him feel bad about himself. As he is making his rounds at the zoo he talks to himself in a very critical way. All of the animals think that he is talking to them. Once Mr. Peek figures out that he really had the wrong jacket the whole time, he walks back through the zoo praising himself this…

This month at the Cincinnati Zoo, a gorilla was shot by zoo personnel due to an aggressive behavior they thought might happen. A child climbed into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati zoo in Ohio. The three-year-old boy fell into the moat after climbing through the ropes and the fence of the enclosure. Onlookers were screaming and petrified as the gorilla drug the kid through the moat. Gorilla did this multiple times before being shot by zoo personals this took about 10 minutes to…

Zoos are a multi-million dollar attraction that serve as lifetime experiences for many visitors. They serve as a place for visitors to view native animals from all around the world in captivity. Zoos first started out as private collections called menageries. The wealthy possessed exotic menageries to express their power. The public, modern zoos became popular during the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century. The Age of Enlightenment was a period in history when science, reason, and logic…

imprisoned his entire lifetime to entertain the public, eventually growing so frustrated he caused the deaths of three people (“Blackfish,” 2013). Despite clearly not being fit to be kept in captivity, the only freedom Tilikum found was in death. His story was made popular by the documentary “Blackfish,” which raised many questions for the public about how animals are being treated in captivity, and whether they belong there in the first place. A closer look into the lives of captive animals…

million New Yorkers who gathered around the Bronx Zoo to observe a young African named Ota Benga who was exhibited in a monkey house cage.Protesters such as William Sheppard, a Presbyterian missionary, Reverend MacArthur, a pastor in Manhattan's Calvary Baptist Church, and Wilford H. Smith all fought to free a 103-pound and 4-foot-11 Ota Benga. While 500 people at a time came to the monkey house and to mock Ota Benga. A way successful way for the Bronx Zoo to honor Ota Benga is to build a…

Imagine you are at the zoo with your friends or family enjoying the displays of the different species inhabiting the zoo. Now some might think animals being kept in this kind of situation are being treated unfairly and I am inclined to agree to some degree but there are other situations that we need to dive deeper into. Animal captivity can sometimes be a problem but I am going to shed light on multiple situations where animal captivity actually helps the animals flourish. In my opinion, it is…