Informative Speech On Zoos
I. Many people have gone to a zoo to see the animals and to learn more about them. Whether it was for a field trip in elementary school or a fun day trip with friends or family.
II. There are 10,000 zoos worldwide and 175 million people visit them every year (Zoochosis).
III. Animals in captivity are thought to be in the best habitat circumstances, but this environment restricts the animals from doing the most natural and important things to them, such as running, picking their mate, or being with their own kind, and therefore, this should be stopped.
IV. I want to talk about how the animals are affected by being held captive and what zoos make people believe they are doing that is helpful to the animals.
a. First, I want to explain how the …show more content…
For example, animals kill and find their mates in the wild but aren’t able to do that in the zoo. However, these actions still have to be performed so they have to use their energy elsewhere (Zoochosis).
2. Matthew Parker who is a scientist for the Behavioral Genetics Group, believes that it is a brain’s dysfunction caused by stress (Zoochosis).
a. At Oxford University, they did a study over four decades of observing animals in captivity and in the wild, and they found that animals such as polar bears, lions, tigers, and cheetahs “show the most evidence of stress and/or psychological dysfunction in captivity” and concluded that “the keeping of naturally wide-ranging carnivores should be either fundamentally improved or phased out” (PETA).
b. Animals that are captured and held captive can affect them emotionally.
i. Recent research has found that when baby elephants are taken from their herds, it takes an emotional toll on the baby and its family (Henn). ii. Some animals can get really depressed and unhappy and try to escape.
1. For example, a gorilla named Jabari tried to escape by jumping over walls and moats, but ended up getting shot by the police. A witness later confessed that teenagers were throwing rocks at the gorilla
II. There are 10,000 zoos worldwide and 175 million people visit them every year (Zoochosis).
III. Animals in captivity are thought to be in the best habitat circumstances, but this environment restricts the animals from doing the most natural and important things to them, such as running, picking their mate, or being with their own kind, and therefore, this should be stopped.
IV. I want to talk about how the animals are affected by being held captive and what zoos make people believe they are doing that is helpful to the animals.
a. First, I want to explain how the …show more content…
For example, animals kill and find their mates in the wild but aren’t able to do that in the zoo. However, these actions still have to be performed so they have to use their energy elsewhere (Zoochosis).
2. Matthew Parker who is a scientist for the Behavioral Genetics Group, believes that it is a brain’s dysfunction caused by stress (Zoochosis).
a. At Oxford University, they did a study over four decades of observing animals in captivity and in the wild, and they found that animals such as polar bears, lions, tigers, and cheetahs “show the most evidence of stress and/or psychological dysfunction in captivity” and concluded that “the keeping of naturally wide-ranging carnivores should be either fundamentally improved or phased out” (PETA).
b. Animals that are captured and held captive can affect them emotionally.
i. Recent research has found that when baby elephants are taken from their herds, it takes an emotional toll on the baby and its family (Henn). ii. Some animals can get really depressed and unhappy and try to escape.
1. For example, a gorilla named Jabari tried to escape by jumping over walls and moats, but ended up getting shot by the police. A witness later confessed that teenagers were throwing rocks at the gorilla