Thursday, 24 May 2012

Zoos--not a haven for animals


Many animals are going to extinct nowadays. Many people decide to keep them in zoos in order to protect these spices. Yet this may not reach the expected result since the life in zoos will harm their natural instincts and their ability to evolve.
Animals in the zoo behave differently from the way they behave in nature. I still remembered what I saw in a documentary about lions. They are the king of the prairie. They hide themselves and wait for their prey to come. As soon as they confirmed their prey, they jumped and chased after these animals promptly. When I visited the zoo, I felt quite depressed to see lions wandering in such a narrow place with empty eyes. Comfortable lives in the zoo had taken all the fights out of lions. Zoos help them survival but they no longer look like what the wild lions should be.
Zoos might block the evolution of animals as well. When animals live in the wild, they need to adapt to the environment and nature will choose the most suitable ones to survive. This process helps animals to be more competitive in the struggle for life. When living in zoos, animals are taken good care of by the zookeepers and they lose the chance to develop themselves, which will make them even easier to become extinct.
Zoos are not a good place for animals. They will lose their natural instincts and fail to evolve.  Animals should live in the nature. The best way to protect the endangered animals is to forbid people from harming them and their habitat.  

8 comments:

  1. Humans capture animals to zoo for entertainment, but we do not consider how animals feel. It is true that zoo only can help animals to survival, but not give them a life. Hope people can realize this situation and help animals out of zoo.

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  2. Human beings are privileged species in the Earth because they have the power to control other species. They not only put animal to zoos for entertainment, but kill them for food.

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  3. Yes, I agree with you. animals do not have freedom in zoos. They are only the toys and displays of human beings. As you said, gathering them in a certain place is not a good way and protecting their habitats is the essential way.

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  4. I strongly do not like zoos at all. Nothing else.

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  5. I am sorry that maybe I cannot fully agree with you. Yes, it is better for animals to live in wild places. However, if we offer them too much freedom, maybe they will grow into a huge population, which will negatively affect the growth and development of human beings. I think though zoos may have some drawbacks, it is already good enough. Thank you!

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  6. Yes, I agree with you that zoos could never be a heaven for animals who belong to the nature.

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  7. When I was in the Singapore zoo, I saw the animals always lie on the ground. Maybe because it's too hot, they do not move very much. Although they do not need to worry about finding food, they loose the skills of catching the live animals. Zoos are not good for animals to evolve, and make them difficult to improve their genes.

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  8. You share the same opinion with Qingshou! haha~

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