Is it right to keep animals in the zoo?

i personally think if an animal is in decline let it die it may be harsh but it is the way of the world and if nature decides its time a species died then we should just let it die at the end of the day it is just humans playing god and trying to control who lives and who dies
 
OverFjell said:
I think Zoo-Owners deserve a slap, much like Horse-Riders.
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I see you've never dreamed of being a knight or in the cavalry.:dry:
Unless that was supposed to be humorous.:D
Mind you, I got tossed once, but I still like riding horses.

But for zoo-keepers, yes. Agreed.
But especially if they neglect their charges.
 
I have no problem with it. It takes away their instincts but at the same time preserves them.

What's more important. Freedom or Safety.
 
I completely agree with Warbourne on this one. It's one thing to keep an animal for entertainment, and it's a completely different thing to have an animal as a mutual companion.
I for one have a dog who loves me to death. I would never dream of caging him up. The fact that he follows me around and begs me to pick him up and hold him gives me reason to believe that he respects me for taking care of him.
But like I said about the rabbit in my previous post...plenty of people do not deserve to have ownership over animals.
 
It's not a matter of what you as a human think is better. People will have pets, no matter what. I think that if someone has an animal who obviously shows signs that it dislikes it's environment, then something rational should be done in order to help the animal have freedom.
 
But the problem is that some animals are just raised in zoos from the moment they are born. Considering this, the animal will just assume that this *the zoo* is his/her natural environment, not knowing that he/she really belongs in the wild.
So naturally, most captive animals can't even relate to their wild brethren.
It's even harder for them to realize that being caged and being abused so is wrong.

Plus, with these conditions set, it is hard to receive messages from captive animals, so we naturally assume that they are happy there, when in fact, they may or may not be happy.
 
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