Zoos are entertainment camps that should be shut down.

Although many families have argued that zoos are educational buildings that aloud children and adults to gain knowledge about wild life and are not harmful for animals, closer examinations show that zoos are just entertainment centers that should be shut down. However, debate about whether the zoo should be shut down or not has become more serious. Zoos should be shut down. Animals suffer from mistreatment, malnutrition and murder, also people don’t gain the right knowledge about these animals because zoos aren’t educational and the horrific stories about the animals are all the reasons why zoos should be shut down.

Strolling down a dusty dirt trail, hearing the sound of children’s laughter in a earshot and the king of the jungles mighty roar bellowing for attention. Seeing the sign labeled “Lions Beware” you enter a shadowy cave, the air smelling of must, you come upon a window that allows you to come face to face with the beast. Witnessing its motionless face laying on the rigid ground, you lose interest and continue your journey. Many people feel that zoos do everything correctly to maintain the animal’s health and well being, as well as debating that zoos even have a breeding program to keep up with all the species of animals. However, many people aren’t aware of the cruelty behind zoos and how animals are mistreated, murdered and suffer from malnutrition. Lions are cramped into small cages and sea lions swim in water that contains chemicals, causing them to lose eye sight, is just a few examples. The breeding program that many debate about gives the public a false sense that something meaningful has happened but in reality animals might show no interest in mating and zoo babies are just crowd-pleas...

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...o it themselves. Peta is a corporation that helps and fights for all animals needs. This corporation strongly advises to avoid patronizing these attractions and instead donate to campaigns that actually protect animals in their native habitats, because zoos are hideous institutions that do not deserve public support.

In conclusion zoos are entertainment centers that should be shut down because of the animals being mistreated, murdered or suffer from malnutrition, also zoos aren’t educational, and the stories about animals behind the bars in zoos. In order to keep the circle of life and continue to have animals be a part of the world, humans must take basic steps to maintain the balance and allow animals to live in their natural environments without any negative influences by humans. By taking these actions most zoos around the world should be shut down.