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From an animal rights standpoint, we have no right to go into an animal's habitat and take it from it. We also have no right to breed them

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By bringing people and animals together, zoos educate the public and foster an appreciation of the animals. This exposure and education motivates people to protect the animals.

ZOOS When you think of a zoo, you’re probably going to think of fun. A zoo’s purpose is to entertain the peple. But, what many people fail to consider is that the animals in the zoos are miserable due to being taken out of their environment and captivating them in a small fenced-in areas. Zoos, in my opinion are bad for animals and should be done away with. As a kid, I always loved going to the zoo and seeing all the different animals. I loved it! As I’ve grown older, however, my love for animals has opened my eyes to the many negatives of zoos. I never noticed as a kid, but the animals arent very active and seem very stressed and down. That’s because they are. You can’t just take a wild animal out of it’s natural habitat and place it in a smaller closed-in area. Even if the animal is endangered, it would prefer to remain in the wild. They like being able to roam free. Zoos often use baby animals to attract visitors and because of this, they are constantly breeding more and more infant animals. With a constant increase of animals in these tight closed spaaces, there eventually becomes a surplus of animals. When this happens, the zoos either kill them, feed them to other animals, or send them to other zoos away from their family. Wild animals are on strict diets. You cant just feed them anything you want, like what most zoos do. They grow up in the wild eating a certain food and need to eat that all the time. Some animals, like the zebras at the National Zoo in Washington D.C., starve to death due to insufficient or incorrect food. As you have read in the previous paragraphs, zoos are bad for animals. In no way at all do they benefit the animals. They only hurt them. Zoos need to be done away with.

Works cited
Arnau, Anna. 'Zoo Lifestyle Not Suitable For Animals'. //Technique//. N. p., 2012. Web. 12 May. 2014.

Global Animal,. 'Are Zoos Good Or Bad For Animals, Wildlife Conservation? | Global Animal'. N. p., 2014. Web. 8 May. 2014.