Persuasive Essay On Animals In Captivity

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Animals in Captivity Seeing tigers jump over each other, elephants balance on a wooden ball, or orcas waving their tails; it can be easy to forget what they are going through. Some think Zoos, Aquariums, Circuses and other places that collects wild animals are like homes. I disagree, I think zoos are more like prisons. According to dictionary.com a prison is: any place of confinement or involuntary restraint. A home or in this case a habitat again as dictionary.com describes it is: the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism. Which one sounds more like a zoo now?
Today, I would like to persuade each of you to help solve the issue of locking animals up. Let’s begin by addressing the problems that can occur when animals are fed up of being trapped in small dirty cages or tanks where they are bored and cramped all day. …show more content…

One is violent animal attacks which isn't surprising because wild animals are natural born killers. Especially if animals are kept in captivity for long periods of time they will become aggressive and will do anything to get out. In “Incidents Involving Animals In captivity” the Associated Press publicized that on “ Dec. 25, 2007 A Siberian tiger named Tatiana escapes from its enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo, kills one man and mauls two others before being shot dead.” This is horrible because animals and people can be killed and the people who were badly hurt may have also been traumatized from this experience. However, not only humans are left traumatized. When an animal is captured from its home they are panicked and stressed, which can cause health issues and lead to sooner death. For instance, a Vervet monkey: lives only 11-13 years in captivity but 15-20 years in the wild. Thats a seven year difference. As you can see, and hopefully understand, the transition from home to being jailed is not an easy

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