What do you think about animals in captivity? What are the pros and cons?
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Animals in Captivity
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I think that zoo is a good thing as long as its aim is to help endangered animals, and not to be a source of profit. We need more science, and less entertainment in the zoo.
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And also we should provide the animals with a good environment in the zoo.
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I disagree with you Stefano, because the main purpose of Zoos is entertainment. Other wise then will became into labs to study or preserver animals with out public. And in this case, zoos should disapere.
In my opinion, there is not any reason to support zoos on the actually. 🙂
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Your last sentence was really impressive. I really agree with you. Animals should not be the source of profit. But I should admit that if there are no profit at all, there would not be enough finance to support animals either.
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As I see in the two videos I’ve seen, the zoos nowadays are not as bad as they used to be in the past.
I don’t support the idea of animals being in captivity, but after watching the second video, I agree on the idea that they are a good way of knowing exotic animals and taking care of same animals.
All in all, if they’re wide and they have good conditions I don’t see in the point in close them, although I don’t like the idea of animals in captivity.
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As Ines said with now a days policies and technology had improve animals life quality, so people can build this important bound with wild life without affecting them.
On the other hand zoos lifestyle still in some way harness to animals and stress them at the point of shorten their life expectancy, so the AZA’s initiative is good but it has to be improved with time.
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Thanks Marcela! I agree AZA idea should be supported by locals governments.
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Hi Ines
I think even the zoos improved and have great condition ….. but animals still want to be free not in captivity because it is not about good condition , it is just about being free and not control by other.
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Is important to urge people to go and visit zoos with AZA’s accreditation, and in this way help the best live quality for animals in captivity.
Most of the people aren’t aware about the activist work that zoos are doing, it will be great to see more awareness about this kind of activism and the way that community can join, so people can go to the zoo for entertainment, science and also to help animals all around the world.
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I agree with your positive attitude. But the problem is that not every zoo is working on improving animal living quality. That sucks.
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In my opinion, I believe that animals should be free in their own life. And the people have to stay away of the animals life.
I know there are many pros of keeping animals in captivity, however there are also many cons of that. For example keeping animals in cage is reducing the age of their life. Also in the animals in the zoo don’t have their right to do whatever they want. Additionally capturing them destroys their routines and their way of life. Moreover the space where the animals are keeping is not as big as they used in their normal life.
Finally, I would like to say; yes for freedom to the whole animals .
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In a perfect scenario animals should life in their own natural environment, although now a days zoos are a helpful tool to teach people about what is further than cities and why is important to protect them from extinction.
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I gonna say wildlife parks are so much better than zoos for animals in general. Since wildlife parks and accredited zoos are extremely expensive, it’s better to only allow cities and companies with financial qualification to open a zoo. Otherwise, zoos are only the method for owners to make money.
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I think zoos should be run by the government. The functions of the zoo should include education and protection, which teaches people to learn more about the animals themselves and what we are trying to do to protect them.
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I can’t agree with you. Zoos are not necessarily run by the public power. In fact, any zoo can connect with schools for educating students. And it’s easier for citizens to supervise zoos owned by other organizations.
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I agree your opinion that opening zoo should be only allowed to company or local government which have enough money. The lack of money often make the environment of zoo worse. I sow some poor zoo in my country, it was terrible.
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Hi Feilin
I totally agree with you that companies or cities are caring about their income . I believe that they don’t care about taking care of the animals they just want to earn more money.
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Yeah wildlife park can be a good subtitution for zoo. But many countries , including Korea, don’t have enough resources to have the park. And I think at least one zoo that is supported by the government is needed. If there are proper support, zoos are not pure evil I think.
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I have watched this video, which discussed if it is worthwhile to spend such a large amount money on breeding those 400 pandas while they are not able to survive in the wild anymore. And a professional says no to this question. For me I think it’s a problem about sense or sensitivity. I would like to see these pandas alive even it costs a lot, and so does the Chinese government. I think China is gonna continue with the Breeding Program anyway.
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the purpose of putting animals in captivity is key divide of good and bad. for the scientific research or some education needs we have to do so, but if it’s just for entertainment, I don’t think it’s fair to let animals out of their nature environment.
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I agree with you , we should learn something about them. It is kind of responsibility.
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In my personal opinion captivity is never good just because is, maybe, funny. Is true that zoos bring animals close to the people but you are taking them from their natural habitats. Even thou many zoos are implementing the “open space”, meaning that they are recreating the habitat of the animal, is not the same.
The video gave two perfect examples of how the recreation of the habitat sometimes is not very well done, the first example is when the water of the exhibition didn’t have enough oxygen and some animals died. The second was a heating problem un another exhibition and 19 animals of that exhibition.
Different is when people rescue an animal that is for example sick or hurt, you put that animal in captivity to cure it, and maybe, rehabilitate it. And for me, the only way that I believe that captivity is okay is for the rehabilitation of an animal (sickness, hurt, rescued animals) and to preserve an species.
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As the video said, the wildlife’s life in zoo is totally different from their original life, even though they improved their environment. But I think we need zoo for two reasons. One is to help wildlife from extinction. While petting wildlife in zoo, we can learn a lot about them, what is good for them and what is bad for them. This knowledge is useful to keep their habitants, to care them from disease or injuring.
Also, zoo have important roll in education. Children can learn through zoo that we are living with animals, and this world is not only for human. In my opinion, it is good that children is interested in wildlife. Because it will become power to stop extinction of wildlife in the future when they grow up.
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In my opinion it is hard to find the right statement about zoos. On the one hand it surely is something interesting and exciting to see wild life animals, especially when you are a child because you get to know things about them. Additionally, when the animals get ill or get some kind of diseases, there is medical help for them. Something that they do not have in their natural habitat.
But on the other hand it is very important for animals to have their natural freedom. Maybe they have a lot of space in the zoos but it can never be enough because just like human, animals have to leave a place and start to live somewhere else to get a change in life. I also think that it is not really responsible to take wild life animals out of their natural habitat to present them for people in zoos.
So in general I do not really support zoos, I just like that they help injured or ill animals to get another chance in life because that is something they can not get in their normal life.
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I think that captivating animals is really cruel way. After captivating, they will live in the zoo in a whole life. it is really detrimental to their health and stressful. For example, one tiger deprieved of their freedom and were imprisoned in the zoo. Nowaday, Even though most of zoo include increasing space, adding natural sound for their welfare, but the time changing their cage is stressful to them.
Expecially, when it comes to lion and carnivorous animal, putting them into zoo will make them danger.
According to the researchers at the San Diego Zoo, carnivorous anmals living in the zoo suffer from dental problem. For these reason, I disagree that captivating animals.
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I completely agree with you bbDoo, this Zoos are unfair for animals, and they are not really necessary for humans or animals live.
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I totally agree with you. unless you are rehabilitating an animal so then you can live it free again.. then captivity is no good for animals
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The zoos: Jails for animals.
After this title, it is easy to find my personal position about the Zoos. I’m completely against of this kind of spaces for captivity animals. But just like the woman on the video, it was not always like that for me.
One of my best memories about my childhood is in the Cali’s Zoo, in Colombia. It is a wide space, with all kind of well-groomed animals. I still remember the beauty of the Lyons, and elephants and the tiger there.
Nevertheless, it is impossible to recreate the exact or even similar wild animal’s environment. And they are there without any scientific reason, just amuse people.
On the other hand, some zoo experts affirm that zoos actually help endangered animals with conservative programs. Pro Zoos affirm that these centers help humans to learn and appreciated animal existences and behavior.
For me that is so not true, living in a fake space, without the normal conditions of live (herd, hunting…), even for scientific reason, to be expose to the general public, it is torture.
In my opinion, these ‘beautiful’ spaces just are sending the wrong message to young people: Animals are things, and you can to treat them in the future as you want, even just for human entertainment.
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I would like to say there is not right to capture animals in captivity. However, under these circumstances, we cannot avoid to keep them in captivity.
First of all, We have already taken their habitats and lives from them. For that reason, If we release lots of animals back in wild life, their lives could much more be in dangers , which are caused by humans. Zoos could be good places to protect endangered species keeping them safe against hunters .
Secondly, In terms of education, zoos are playing an significant role to raise awareness towards importance of protecting animals. Since we were children, we have been experiencing and communicating with animals through zoos. Also zoos can make us to respect animals and realize us ‘lives are all precious’ more directly . this exposure and education motivate people to protect the animals.
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According to the video, there are ambivalent characteristics of zoo. Many people or even activists cannot help admit that there are changes, or improvements of zoos’ environments. They are providing “enriched environments” which are trying to pursue the elements of the wildlife animals’ natural habitats.
However, still environment in zoo might be stressful enough to cause animals to be unhealthy or even dead. The video mentioned that the light and noise levels in zoos are much higher compared to those of the animals “home,” and also their changed diets and social circumstances could ruin their natural habits and lead to health problems.
On the other hand, the video pointed out that zoos have the great educational value in many ways. People are not able to see those rarest and endangered animals in the world if there’s no zoo at all. Also the video dealt with the wildlife conservation issues such as survival plan program provided by zoos.
I think it is really good for mother nature if zoos make efforts to bring them into captivity and grow them until they are ready to be released into their natural habitat. And I hope the health care and services to animals really help wildlife keep their living.
However, as the video said, not all zoos have the money to keep their parks running, so I think there should be more donations, and supports from many people. Especially, I think international organizations which have mandatory animal protection regulations which come into effect all around the world is necessary too. I would say it’s time to cooperate with each other to protect wildlife because they already become endangered and in this regard, keeping animals in captivity would be justified.
Sorry for unorganized comment cuz I was in hurry…😅
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