more tragic finale. Both found their own answers to the age old question. But it is up to the readers of their findings to decide what the real answer is. Animals in captivity have been a staple of human entertainment for many years. However the question of if it is ethical comes up quite often. Is it wrong for people to force animals into captivity from the wild‚ and effectively prolong their life? Well the same can be applied to our lives. Have the many new technologies enhanced lives‚ or limited
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Animal Captivity Whether in the zoo or the circus wild animals produced in captive breeding programs are almost never released into the wild; instead‚ they are doomed to life in captivity. Holding animals captive is just as bad as holding people captive‚ which is horrible. Animals‚ just like humans‚ have emotional feelings‚ and no matter the reason‚ captivity should never be an option. Captivity and imprisoning should only be allowed for criminals and guilty people‚ but never innocent animals.
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acres of natural habitat is destroyed due to growing human populations‚ with an estimated 80 percent decline in biological diversity due to habitat destruction (Smith et al 906). “Humanity’s Ecological Footprint—the demand people place upon the natural world—has increased to the point where the Earth is unable to keep up in the struggle to regenerate” (Shah). Habitat fragmentation is occurring in all major habitats found throughout the world at various speeds and levels of severity. Habitat fragmentation
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An Ocean Habitat or sometimes refer to as a marine environment is a place in the ocean where plants and animals interact with the chemical and physical features of the environment. An Ocean habitat is a place where communities of organisms live. The three main ocean habitats of the ocean are the open water‚ the soft sandy to muddy bottom and the hard shore. Examples of ocean habitats are the coral reefs‚ the estuaries and the abyssal zone. Habitats can be classified in a number of ways in order
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Habitat for Elephants After observing the giraffe exhibit‚ my partner Nan Chen and I decided to make our way to observe the Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat which was built in 2008; an exhibit‚ home to seven different elephants‚ both young and old. The exhibit is home to adult bull Thai‚ adult cows Methai‚ Shanti‚ and Tess‚ juvenile bull Tucker (Tess’ son)‚ and calves Baylor (Shanti’s son) and Tupelo (Tess’ daughter). Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat exhibit covers an enormous
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Should we keep animals in captivity? Introduction Do you know that there are approximately a hundred million wild animals‚ and about twenty thousand species that die every year? Wild animals are in great danger from nature‚ diseases and worsening environment. The extinction of animals has become a critical problem leading us to think whether or not we should keep animals in captivity. Body – Danger In recent 50 years‚ nearly two thirds of the world’s forest has been cut down for human industry
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wildlife is from the habitat loss and degradation that is caused by people not looking after the environment well enough. Habitat destruction is the process in which a natural habitat is destroyed by people cutting down all the land to make space for building and things that are not worth cutting down our environment. Habitat destruction that has been done by humans is usually for the purpose of harvesting natural resources for industry production and urbanization. Clearing habitats for agriculture
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Habitat loss—due to destruction‚ fragmentation or degradation of habitat—is the primary threat to the survival of wildlife in the United States. When an ecosystem has been dramatically changed by human activities—such as agriculture‚ oil and gas exploration‚ commercial development or water diversion—it may no longer be able to provide the food‚ water‚ cover‚ and places to raise young. Every day there are fewer places left that wildlife can call home. There are three major kinds of habitat
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World Habitat loss isn’t only hurting our plant and animals around the world. Humans are also a part of the life cycle and depend on all of these damaged natural resources to maintain the life we live every day. Properly functioning natural systems give us the ability to breath‚ create safe food and drinking water and provide us with everything we need to survive. Each species plays an important role in its ecosystem. Habitat loss and degradation is one of the biggest threats to animals and plants
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“pool”‚ you see him. You see the majestic‚ beautiful‚ free‚ wild animal now in captivity. Only‚ this time‚ he looks tired‚ old‚ neglected‚ abused‚ and lifeless. This is exactly what SeaWorld is doing to killer whales. They take these wild animals out of their natural habitat and force them into captivity.
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