Zoo

immoral? Animals that live under human care are in captivity. Captivity can be used as a generalizing term to describe the keeping of either domesticated animals (livestock and pets) or wild animals. This may include, for example, farms, private homes, zoos and laboratories. Animals are shipped to and from different locations all over the world, and held in captivity for the rest of their lives for our viewing pleasure. We can ask: is this practice and business morally justifiable? Global…

Are zoos, aquariums & marine parks a positive or negative impact on the planet’s animals and community? I think zoos, aquariums & marine parks have a positive impact because they provide shelter, food and health care for animals that would not be able to survive out in the wild otherwise. Aquariums, zoos & marine parks can help bring the population of an endangered species up by breeding the endangered species because the breeding conditions in the ocean can be hard to reproduce in. Also zoos…

amounts of stress for them which in turn makes them ill; and when these animals harbor an illness, it can give it to humans as well. There have multiple cases where children have caught illnesses from going to petting zoos. Not only that, but a lot of baby animals are put into these petting zoos because they are typically perceived to be cuter. These baby animals need to to be nurtured by their mothers, not left by them to go sit by a fence to get hand-fed food that is not what they normally eat…

Around the world animals are held against their free will. They are tortured and deprived of having a life in the wild that is natural for them. Even though zoos, aquariums, and other animal holding facilities are seen as safe havens that provide protection for animals from predators, global warming, deforestation, and extinction, they are still not suitable dwelling places for them. Being raised naturally in the wild as opposed to in captivity provides animals with many benefits such as low…

People say animal captive is dangerous to the animal. People say zoos are better for animals because it keeps the population of that animal up that way it doesn’t go extinct, but i think the animals should be the wild unless they are tameable animals like dogs, cats, and horses. When the animals are in the zoos they can get small area to climb, fly, swim, roam, or run. If the animals in the zoos were in the wild they can mate, find food, or find water on their own. I have three reasons, why it…

With the growing job outlook for veterinarians, there are many benefits of choosing this occupation. Vets get great medical, dental and vision coverage (veterinarian salary & benefits information). Veterinarians receive paid sick leave and a paid vacation of two-four weeks. Over the next ten years, there is a positive outlook of over twelve percent growth (veterinarian salary & benefits information). The whole purpose of being a veterinarian is to work with animals and bring them back to health;…

Before conducting my observations and research, I initially believed that captive primates would express less food and mating stressed as zoo keepers provide the proper amount of food and assign individuals mates as they come to reproductive ages. Although there are some supporting evidence, there is not a significant amount to conclude that my initial hypothesis and predictions are correct. What I initially believed just be a display of curiosity and interest from the Red-tailed guenon was…

often abused by their trainers, live in deplorable conditions, and often spend long periods of time traveling without sufficient water, food, air conditioning, or heating (Evans, 2010). The same can also be true for zoo animals. In 2010, complaints were filed against the Philadelphia Zoo for the inhumane conditions its elephants were living in. The elephants, Kallie and Bette, were often confined in a small barn, and suffered from lack of water and stimulating activities (Harold, 2010). Another…

Millions of people around the world enjoy going to the zoo. For most, it is a major part of their childhood and their early education. Some go only to see the animals and learn interesting facts about them; while others go to see how closely represented their zoo environment compares to their habitat in the wild. Then there are the ones that disagree or even despise the idea of keeping animals in zoos or in any kind of captivity. Even though people have their differences about these two issues,…

MacIntyre. Arguments for the use of animal captivity will include those from Immanuel Kant, Aristotle, Carl Cohen and Ernest Partridge. I will also share my results from the questionnaire I conducted and the interview I was lucky enough to have with the Zoo Manager at Flamingo Land to see if his outlook could show animal captivity from a different, possibly more positive light. I will conclude by sharing my own views on the topic and decide whether my research has altered my initial standpoint,…