Absolutely not. In today's world, zoos are nothing short of essential. Their main function is conservation. Without captive breeding, many endangered species would now be extinct - for example, the golden lion tamarin, red wolf and Przewals...
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A code of welfare for zoo animals came into force in January 2005. Codes of welfare contain minimum standards and may include recommended best practices. The code for zoo animals includes details on such things as animal management, food an...
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Both experts and the lay have long discussed the apparent benefits and drawbacks of keeping animals appropriate to their natural environments. Occasionally some practices are also criticised a little too rashly.
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Some road-side crap hole, ya shut the thing down. But the majority of the zoos in the day and age are far from the concrete and steel they used to be. The plus side of zoos greatly out shadows the negative. Yes the animals might be stuck in...
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I dont think they should. The inbreeding is causing trait defects and the animals are becoming more aggressive. The only reason an animal should be in a zoo is if they cant survive in the wild.
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Because they are not birds and pets from the pet shop they are living things like us.But pets are allowed in cages and be seen by other humans but wild animals should not be kept in zoos> the natural habitat of wild animals is in the wil...
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