Woodland Park Zoo

Can the Wild be Tamed Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a wild animal as a pet? Imagine caring for a tiger or lion as a pet, what would that be like? Many people actually raise wild animals from the time they are babies to the time they are grown in and care for them everyday. Some say that keeping wild animals in captivity and raising them around humans can harm them, but what if human interaction with wild animals was helpful. The first question to be asked is "Why?" What…

The Experiment In a laboratory in an abandoned city near the Coast of Hawaii. There was two scientist one was an expert on animal’s health and his name Dr. Wayne, and the other scientist is Dr.Wells who is an expert on animal’s behavior and was leading this experiment. There was three animals one was an eagle, the second was a lion, and the last was a scorpion. They were experimenting on them so we can save these three species and they were one of the last of its kind. Earlier that day there…

Captive breeding and reintroduction programs are important tools for the establishment of threatened animal populations, but experimental approaches require to compare the outcomes of these programs that will increase post-release survival. The Kaiser’s Mountain Newt, Neurergus kaiseri is listed as a vulnerable by IUCN criteria, to aid about the ecology and the conservation of this species, we carried out a trial release of 20 newts reared in captivity on 4 occasions during the spring and summer…

The Pittsburgh Zoo is only one of six combinations of a zoo and an aquarium in the United States. It displays an impressive “400 different species of animals, some of which are threatened or endangered” (USNews.com). Nonetheless, the Pittsburgh Zoo strives to fashion optimistic, lifelong relations between animals and people, and this goal is evident throughout the Zoo’s walkways and exhibits. As I walked throughout the Zoo, I noticed that the animal’s exhibits closely resembled their natural…

Are Zoos Inhumane? “For most of the wild things on Earth, the future must depend on the conscience of mankind” (Dr. Archie Carr). Some people have never considered the effects of keeping animals locked up in small cages their entire lives. Proven with expert opinions, research, and physical evidence, it has been proven that zoos are damaging to the animal's physical and mental state. Keeping animals locked up in zoos is inhumane and should be prevented. One of the most common arguments…

Tullis, Paul. "When You Walk Into a Zoo, Are You Helping Animals or Hurting Them?" TakePart. N.p., 02 May 2014. Web. 16 May 2017. . Paul Tullis, an editor at TakePart and writer for the New York Times Magazine, tries to answer the question “When you walk into a zoo, are you helping animals or hurting them?” Tullis covers many different topics and stories throughout his article providing evidence that zoos are helping animals along with zoos not helping them. Tullis believes his…

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…

Why zoos should be kept. Have you been to the zoo? Well if you haven't there are cute animals and you can learn a lot. Zoos should be kept because, They get more food than in the wild, They won’t become extinct, And other people can get a learning experience.The zoo debate is very important because it can save the extinction of animals. Animals will receive more food than in the wild, The passage (pro Kira Freed) says that animals get more food than in the wild,According to Jane Goodall…

Throughout the world, there are 230 accredited zoos and aquariums in nine different countries (Zoo and Aquarium Statistics, 2017). A safe assumption is that most people have been to a zoo at least once in their lifetime. With this being said, one of the trending topics in today’s world is if these zoos are helpful or harmful to animal’s well-being. One of the recent events that have occurred in sparking this debate happened in 2016 at the Cincinnati Zoo, where a three-year-old boy slipped…

Have you ever wondered what would happen if there wasn’t any zoos to go to anymore? Just imagining if your favorite animal wasn’t there anymore and soon the population control was dwindling simply or out of control even simply because we don’t have the resources to help these animals anymore. Zoos have been around for over a thousand of years and if it wasn’t for some of these zoos, some of these animals would be considered extinct. Zoos have a rich history that with conversation efforts and…