Should Zoos Exist Research Paper

Imagine being caged up all day for the rest of your life. It would be a nightmare. You would have people staring at you all day. It would be like watching a movie 1000 times. We should get rid of zoos because they only have a certain area to do things in and they don't have the same environment as the wild.

We should get rid of zoos because the animals only have a certain area to walk, swim, fly or run in. In the video Should Zoos Exist by Mikaela Nilsson claims that the animals only have a certain area to move in. For example, big cat animals have 18,000 times less space in zoos than in the wild. What this really means is that they are losing muscles to run or walk. That is a problem because they might get put back into the wild and then have no muscles to run and catch prey or to defend themselves. Another reason animals don't have enough room to move is that a bird might not have enough room to fly. Because of this, the zookeeper might cut off their wings. That would hurt the animal and that might make the animal want to hurt the zookeeper.

For example, they have been physically and mentally destroyed. That is bad because they could die in the cages. This is also bad because they could not forget important things like to eat and not to hurt the zookeepers. This shows that they do not like the cages and could die from being in the cages too long. Also, some animals bite at the bars on the cages or pound on the glass because they are unhappy from being in cages too long. That is bad because they could they could break their teeth or their beak and not be able to eat so they could die from starvation. Also, a gorilla could run and pound on the glass and break it, they could escape the cage, he could hurt people and run out of the zoo and out onto the streets. This all shows that animals do not like the cages and zoos should be