Zoos Myth And Reality Analysis

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Florida should ban animals in captivity, some animals are just getting killed just to feed other animals. According to the article "Danish zoo kills Healthy giraffe,Feeds body to Lions", Danish zoo kills a 2 year old and healthy giraffe named Marius just to feed to other animals, if the Danish zoo didn't want that young giraffe they should of sent it to another zoo. In the article "Zoos:Myth and Reality"by Roblandlaw ,most of the zoo's had became a prey of the high public scrutiny and criticism.Most zoos didn't make it through their own propaganda.Under the heading "Human Treatment", some animals in cages can be seen as a wrong message to some people.Animals are suffering from physically,mentally and emotionally stress which leads to depression

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