While some people believe that zoos play an important role in protecting wild animals, others feel that keeping animals locked up in such places is cruel and unnecessary. Personally, I agree with the idea that animals should not be kept in zoos and that zoos should be shut down.
On the one hand, many people feel that zoos are useful in some regards. Firstly, zoos can help to preserve endangered animals by keeping them safe from poachers and other threats, such as habitat destruction and the spread of urbanisation. Some zoos also run breeding programs in order to try and increase the numbers of some endangered species to avoid them becoming extinct. Secondly, by keeping animals in zoos, people can learn and understand more about them and this can help to raise awareness amongst the public in order to help preserve certain species.
However, while the abovementioned ideas may be true to a certain extent, I believe that zoos are unnecessary for the following reasons. To begin with, zoos can only hold small numbers of animals and therefore cannot protect the large majority of species from being hunted or their habitats from being destroyed. I believe it is the responsibility of each government to create and fund conservation programs that help to stop the destruction of the habitats of endangered species so that animals can live in their natural state rather than be locked up in cages for their entire life. Furthermore, in many zoos, animals are being mistreated as they are often provided with insufficient food and medical care, which has so far caused many animals in zoos to die because of starvation and diseases.
In conclusion, though some zoos may have some positive impacts on the conservation of some certain animal species, overall, I think they are cruel places and do more harm than good.
While
some
people
believe that zoos play an
important
role in protecting wild
animals
, others feel that keeping
animals
locked up in such places is cruel and unnecessary.
Personally
, I
agree
with the
idea
that
animals
should not be
kept
in zoos and that zoos should
be shut
down.
On the one hand,
many
people
feel that zoos are useful in
some
regards.
Firstly
, zoos can
help
to preserve endangered
animals
by keeping them safe from poachers and other threats, such as habitat destruction and the spread of
urbanisation
.
Some
zoos
also
run breeding programs in order to
try and
increase the numbers of
some
endangered species to avoid them becoming extinct.
Secondly
, by keeping
animals
in zoos,
people
can learn and understand more about them and this can
help
to raise awareness amongst the public in order to
help
preserve certain species.
However
, while the
abovementioned
ideas
may be true to a certain extent, I believe that zoos are unnecessary for the following reasons. To
begin
with, zoos can
only
hold
small
numbers of
animals
and
therefore
cannot protect the large majority of species from
being hunted
or their habitats from being
destroyed
. I believe it is the responsibility of each
government
to create and fund conservation programs that
help
to
stop
the destruction of the habitats of endangered species
so
that
animals
can
live
in their natural state
rather
than
be locked
up in cages for their entire life.
Furthermore
, in
many
zoos,
animals
are
being mistreated
as they are
often
provided with insufficient food and medical care, which has
so
far caused
many
animals
in zoos to
die
because
of starvation and diseases.
In conclusion
, though
some
zoos may have
some
positive
impacts on the conservation of
some
certain
animal
species,
overall
, I
think
they are cruel places and do more harm than
good
.