Wild Animals In Captivity Research Paper
Keeping wild animals in zoos is wrong because they suffer physical and mental damage in captivity, and experience neglect from their keepers, all for nothing more than a profit for those that buy them.
When it comes to animals in captivity there are in two categories. The first category of animals are those that are, for one reason or another, born into captivity. The second category of animals, the ones who are more likely to suffer from mental damage, are those who are taken from the wild, and then placed into captivity.The distinction between these two types of animals is important because the first category of animals, those that were born in captivity, can be considered somewhat domesticated because they have never known a life outside of human care, which is essentially what domestication is. The second category of animals is more at risk for suffering from mental damage because going from living in the wild to living in captivity is a big change and as much as zoos try, they simply cannot …show more content…
This is because no matter how hard they try facilities can’t replicate most animals natural habitats. An excellent Example of this can bee seen in the article “Wild vs. Captivity” published by the Animal Welfare Institute in which they point out the differences in what a whale's life is like in the wild, and a whale's life is like in captivity. In the wild, they travel long distances, they spend only 10-20% of their time at the surface of the water, and they live in large groups (Wild vs. Captivity). In comparison, when they are kept in captivity it is unlikely that they will live in a larger group because of small enclosures, they spend half of their time at the surface of the water because it is so shallow in comparison to what they’re use to being in, and they don’t get to swim around as much because they are kept in pool with limited
When it comes to animals in captivity there are in two categories. The first category of animals are those that are, for one reason or another, born into captivity. The second category of animals, the ones who are more likely to suffer from mental damage, are those who are taken from the wild, and then placed into captivity.The distinction between these two types of animals is important because the first category of animals, those that were born in captivity, can be considered somewhat domesticated because they have never known a life outside of human care, which is essentially what domestication is. The second category of animals is more at risk for suffering from mental damage because going from living in the wild to living in captivity is a big change and as much as zoos try, they simply cannot …show more content…
This is because no matter how hard they try facilities can’t replicate most animals natural habitats. An excellent Example of this can bee seen in the article “Wild vs. Captivity” published by the Animal Welfare Institute in which they point out the differences in what a whale's life is like in the wild, and a whale's life is like in captivity. In the wild, they travel long distances, they spend only 10-20% of their time at the surface of the water, and they live in large groups (Wild vs. Captivity). In comparison, when they are kept in captivity it is unlikely that they will live in a larger group because of small enclosures, they spend half of their time at the surface of the water because it is so shallow in comparison to what they’re use to being in, and they don’t get to swim around as much because they are kept in pool with limited