Essay On Wild Animals In Captivity

Humans are on the very top of the food chain, they have the supremecy over everything and anything, including wild animals. Wildlife that will never be in their natural habitat, and live their entire life in an artificial enclosure. Where they live out their lives in fear, and with all eyes on them (Carnivores in Captivity.) Many activists try to shut down zoos, and find any evidence of cruelty they possibly can to do so. Although the activists are unsuccessful, the attention needs to be diverted to the existing roadside zoos. Tony the tiger suffers everyday of his life in a cage that is not big enough for him to lie down in, along with other tigers. Some of the tigers end up dying from the toxic fumes of the gas and diesel (Tigers in America.) Human beings who run roadside zoos, know that they aren’t providing the necessary amount of care for animals that do not deserve to live in captivity. Some of the zoo owners are only in it for the profit, so they breed and bring in baby animals to attract more visitors. While other zoo owners actually care about
It causes very stressful situations for the animals, and is not an educational experience for children. Zoos only teach children that it is okay to get an animal that is not at all adapt to the surrounding, and place it in a cage to be stared at all day. A proper way to educate the community about wild animals is by watching a documentary, where their living style is not interrupted, or changed in any way. As for the business owners who claim to be doing the world a favor, some may actually mean what they say, but roadside zoo owners do not. Sanctuaries are accepted because it is an attempt at the actual environment they are adapted to, and everything in it is real. The world may not see how damaging zoos are to the wildlife we are surrounded by, but the animals looking at us do. It is time to speak up for those in captivity and be the voice they never