Zoos have more bad things than good things. Discuss

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“Zoos have more bad things than good things”

Visiting zoos have been an entertaining and learning experience throughout the years. We have been able to watch a great variety of animal species, some in the verge of extinction. There have been many births of animals in captivity that otherwise could have been dangerous in their habitat. One good thing about zoos is that people that can’t afford to visit them in their environments can easily have access to this experience. But although zoos create many favorable conditions for all the species of animals, they can also create dangerous situations. Visitors are not conscientious about their needs and feed them with junk food and other objects, which can be detrimental to their health.

      Animals in zoos are forced to live in artificial, stressful, and really boring conditions. I say that it is better to leave them to live in their natural habitat, where they belong, since they live in wide open spaces. But in zoos, they are kept in small, restrictive environments that deny them of mental and physical development. Sometimes even natural conditions such as climate, habitat and feeding cannot be properly recreated, and zoos require sufficient space to reproduce a natural environment, and even fail in providing a normal and social balance of the species. Elephants and other animals that are meant to be in the wild should be out there roaming freely, but us, humans pollute the Earth and destroy or steal most of their habitat. I feel that elephants and animals like lions, leopards and cheetahs shouldn’t be all squashed up in zoos; I think they should be in a better place, such as a national park, a safari or even a wild animal park. All of these types of facilities are way better than zoos.  

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       Many zoos protect a variety of endangered species, but instead of keeping them in zoos and putting them on display, they should take care of them in a facility where they could also recreate their habitat and have better settlements than the ones zoos have. Taking care of those that are endangered is an act of real kindness so we can conserve the species.

       Many animals held in captivity begin to form strange symptoms called “zoochosis.” These unstable and uncommon behaviors can cause boredom, depression and frustration. Indications of zoochosis include:

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