Ladies and Gentlemen, I strongly support the motion that animals in zoos should not be caged.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I strongly support the motion that animals in zoos should not be caged

Freedom is something we all take for granted, the ability to do what we want and when we want is something we have become accustomed to. Unfortunately we in our infinite wisdom have decided that as humans, this right only applies to us and therefore we can cage and treat species such as animals in such a disgusting and revolting manner and yet we consider our actions to be justified.

How would you consider the idea of being shot, put to sleep, taken away from your natural habitat, woken up in a new environment to be surrounded by steal bars, to be fed at a given time, to be restricted of movement and communication. I believe in today’s society we call such individual’s criminals and such places jails so why do we continue treating animals in such a way.

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Animals in zoos are usually kept in very cramped cages and do not behave as their wild counterparts do. Polar bears, for example, are given about 10 metres of walking space whereas in their Arctic home they roam for many hundreds of miles. Similarly other animals such as big cats and birds are often confined in cages where they lack exercise and encouragement. This lack of exercise can result in many of these animals developing unnatural habits such as pacing back and forth or swaying from side to side. We do not realise that these animals have the same desire for ...

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