Zoos Should Be Banned!

All zoos should be banned! Caging animals for the rest of their life, not allowing them to frolic freely in their natural habitat, what do you think it does to their health. That’s a disgrace! Here are three reasons Zoos should be banned.

Firstly, many Zoos are financially struggling. This may affect the quality of care animals get, which could lead to animal cruelty and even death of some animals.  A good example of this is the woodland park zoo, one of the best Zoos in Seattle U.S.A. Their expenses for 2015 was roughly 2 million. It was nowhere near there income and they would’ve had to cut down costs as much as possible.

Running things on a program isn’t good either. It’s come to my attention that zoos have breeding program, is another reason to add to why zoos should be banned. Animals shouldn’t be told when and when not to reproduce. It may harm the animals, the survival of their young may not be guaranteed either. Because of breeding programs only 30% of the giant panda’s young survive. This affects the population hugely!

Lastly if the animals were to be set free, they wouldn’t do well. Their lives would’ve become very similar to humans, as when they were in the zoo they got everything done for them. Meaning if they get released into their natural habitat again they may not be able to survive. For example at our school we are keeping endangered endemic eels, but we are teaching them to try and hunt for their own food and protect themselves. This will be helpful for them, when we release them back into the wild.

So in conclusion this is why zoos should be banned. Today I have given you three good reasons but there are many more. Feel free to do your own research, and of course what you think is up to you.