WHAT’S WRONG WITH ZOOS?
We can start
with rough definition of zoo, it is a facility in which animals are kept,
displayed to the public, especially to the children under the name of
education, primarily for the purposes of education and recreation.
The very
first point we should consider is “animals and liberty.” There is a moral
presumption against keeping wild animals in captivity. This involves taking
animals from their native habitats, transporting them to the zoos which are far
away from their own land. By keeping them in the zoos, animals are deprived of
lots of good things. They are prevented from gathering their own foods,
developing their own skills in the nature, hunting, capturing and even running.
If people want to see the wild animals in real life they can observe wildlife
in the wild or visit a sanctuary.
Zoos argue
that they save endangered animals. The violation of the rights of the
individual animals is unjustifiable. We do not have the right to breed, capture
and confine other animals even if they are endangered. Being a member of
endangered animals doesn’t mean the individual animals have fewer rights. Zoos
also argue that they their aim to give the education to the children, as well.
If zoos are teaching children anything, it’s that imprisoning animals for our
own entertainment is acceptable.
Put yourself in their shoes. How would you
feel and react if you got taken from your family, your own living place and got
put in a jail, between 4 walls? If zoos are for endangered animals to protect
them, then this idea lose its benefit when an animal feels stressed, depressed
and this depression causes its death in the zoo.
To sum up
in a sentence, “zoos UPSET the balance of nature.”
