Yes – Zoos should be abolished:
- Confining animals in enclosures is morally wrong. They belong to forests. Forcing space imitations can make them suffer psychologically.
- Bringing wild animals from forests and keeping them in the middle of cities is potentially dangerous. More people will be in vulnerable conditions if any wild animal escapes from the zoo.
- In most cases, animal families are divided to place them in different zoos. This is completely unethical and causes a lot of trauma to them.
No – Zoos should not be abolished:
- Some animals are becoming extinct. Hence human intervention is necessary to not let this happen. In zoos, these animals and birds can get food and space to live and grow their population. Thereby zoos are very helpful for endangered animals.
- As more and more people are aware of animal rights, the conditions at zoos have improved a lot in the present times.
- Some species cannot survive in the wild. Zoos are the only option to help them live.
- Zoos protect animals from hunting, predators and starving.
- Without zoos, people may not see many animals in real. Zoos help in educating society about different species.
- Zoos are helpful for research purposes. Scientists study the animals in zoos to know several things such as how animals are reacting to climate change & other threats, their behaviour, how can we help them etc.
Conclusion:
Zoos help endangered animals. But in the case of other animals and birds, instead of confining them in zoos, building more sanctuaries and allowing animals and birds to live and roam freely is ethical and practical. More alternative ways of protecting animals should be explored to make them feel safer.
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According to me zoo should be abolished because we everybody likes freedom , we don’t want confinement so animals also enjoy freedom. Childrens are looks good into their mother’s lap and animals are looks good into the forest. People goes to the zoo they enjoy , but when we see animals looks like sick we feel bad and people throw stone , stick etc to disturb it , it looks unhappy. If Govt take steps zoo abolished and animals leave in the forest . But forest department should take care of animals it should protect from illegal poachers. Sometimes we see group of herds leave the forest to search the food and people kills tiger, elephants etc . sometimes elephants run over by the train on the railway tracks. Forest security should take care of them. Animals also important in the world , everybody should take care of them.
Rightly said Tinku! Zoos restricts animals from roaming freely.