Persuasive Essay About Zoos

The animal welfare act has always been looking into zoos and how they have been treating animals and the space that they live in. animals in the wild have the space they need and the interaction with other animals that they strive for, but in captivity it’s not represented. Yes, zoos are educational and most do try their best to give the animals all that they need to live but the zoos aren’t doing all they can to help the animals strive. For instance, elephants aren’t getting the room nor relationships that they need and strive for. When animals don’t get the room and the right attention that they need they can become aggressive, depressed, and even die from being around humans, zoos need to work more on providing better places for their animals to live and the safety of others rather than just pleasing the guest.

James Borrell believes that zoos can be good for many things like helping teach people about the animals and how to help with conservation of those animals, they help raise money for conservation, and they have around 39 different animals that have gone extinct in the wild but strive in a zoo. He says “these are species that would have vanished totally were it not for captive

A zoo full of angry animals can lead to some very bad things. Fiona Looney spoke about how when she was working at a zoo and a polar bear jumped out of the water and slashed a woman in the face. First, this proves that the enclosure was way to small especially if he could jump up and slash someone in the face. Second, this shows that the bear was aggressive and needed to let off some steam, which could be because it was in such a tiny space, not getting the care that they need, or not getting interaction with other animals. It’s not that the keepers don’t love the animals, it is that they are doing the best with what they have and that is not a