Explain Why Animals Should Not Be Kept In Captivity

Animals should/not be kept in captivity!

Introduction:

In my introduction I will go over my three main points I wish to discuss whether animals should be kept in captivity for we all at some point in our lives we all have felt that what zoo’s do leave negative impacts on animals there are also positives. One of the key facts shows that negatives have outweighed the positives. The three reasons I wish to express to you and support towards my question today through a perspective against the matter include the fact that animals are often striped of their natural behaviours when coexisting together in their natural habitats compared to living in a cage or reserve. It’s said that they often become stressed and bored for they are often forced against their will to live in these centres after being randomly in their eyes stolen from the previous way of life. My final point says that most animals are never returned to their habitat for many of them are either sold or bargained for extra profit to provide for the zoo’s personal requirements.

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The first reason for why animals should not be kept in captivity is that animals are often striped of who they are when

confined in cages and enclosures. When you take a moment to compare how an animal lives within these places they are no longer required to fend for themselves as they would in their natural environment Discovering and providing food and water for themselves and offspring, fighting though temperature conditions through passing seasons giving the animals a chance to adapt their surroundings. However in captivity they lose their ability to do so.
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The second reason why animals should not be kept in captivity is that animals often suffer from stress and boredom while contained in these exhibits. When you really think about it you take a species from its natural habitat and place it within an enclosed space surrounded by bars or even glass wherever there trapped. You will find the animals are often sit in front or under bright lights while children bang and glare at the glass day after day. Through times when we have personally visited zoos we have seen countless animals from lions to zebras showing repetitive movements through sitting motionless, pacing, rocking and retracing their steps in the enclosure, these are the common signs of stress or even depression.
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The third and final reason to why animals should not be kept in captivity is that most animals are never released back into the wild.

Many zoo’s or breeding programs centres around the world often sell and purchase animals and their offspring in exchange for a larger profit for their business, many species are captured for this very reason. This can often leave animals slowly becoming endangered or even worse extinct for when you take a species from its habitat they are separating the male and female “hence” they can no longer produce which can be resolved because zoos since they most likely have a mate in place this is not problem. When you dig deeper and since most animals are never released back into the wild and could eventually die in captivity this is very slowly causing their numbers to

weaken.
Conclusion:
In conclusion all I can say is that it comes down to your opinion whether or not animals should be kept in captivity for there is no right answerer for we know that animals can be secured a safe place within zoo’s but when you think about and look closely about what negative outcomes come from animals kept in captivity you will find that maybe we should just let them be free live life they should be given, not to be locked inside a cage, enclosure or reserve but to give them a greater chance of survival for we’ve known for years now that our wildlife population is slowly decreasing...so i ask you now, what do you think?