Captivity Animals

Do animals thrive in man made habitats? Does keeping them in captivity really help them Grow? Do animals need our help at all? Throughout history zoos have been disgusting arrays of animals in cages just recently have zoos started to actually care about the animals. Even though keeping animals in zoos may help them come back from the edge of extinction, we should not keep animals in controlled environments because, When in captivity animals lose their natural instincts, Also animals need lots of room to have a healthy life, Finally man made habitats only meet the basic needs of animals. First of all, when animals are in controlled environments they lose their natural instincts. In captivity animals are safe from predators, they receive medical attention, and are fed on a regular schedule. This makes them not used to the threats of the wild and they lose their natural instincts. It is understandable that animals may not need natural instincts in zoos or sanctuaries but if the goal is to release the animals back into the wild they could die off again because they have to hunt for themselves and protect themselves again. This means that animals shouldn’t be kept in safe habitats and that “protecting” these animals is actually crippling them.

According to the text “Do Animals Lose in Zoos?”, “critics of the modern zoo compare the zoo to a prison. Animals need room to climb, fly, swim, roam, or run. They need room to live a healthy life”. Confining animals to small spaces have shown bad results such as birds grooming themselves until all their feathers fall of and polar bears swimming in circles. Yes even though zoos try to give as much room to an animal as possible their is never enough animals are used to being able to wander. This means that Animals Should not be kept in small man made habitats because it can make them go