Discussion Writing: Chiara

Should Zoos be Banned?

By Chiara

I’m sure everyone reading this will have been to the zoo. When the first zoos with created enclosures were small and zoos were used for entertainment. But now zoos have large enclosures and they are used for education and to breed endangered animals. Zoos also provide surgery and medical help to animals found in the wild. On the other hand, there are fewer animals in their natural habitat.

 Zoos help to educate the public. This helps people to understand how animals act around humans and which ones to be careful around in the world. It also brings people and animals closer together. Educating people about what animals you could have as a pet and ones you should leave in the wild is also very important, just to add to the list of things zoos can educate you about. 

Breeding endangered animals is one of the most important things zoos do, it can stop species of animals from becoming extinct.  All over the world there are lots of breeding programs that make small populations larger. 

It is a family tradition to go to the zoo. You would be stopping some people and families from doing what they like to do. Family fun is now done, that is if you said no to zoos. 

There are less animals living in the wild. An example is in America 5,000 tigers live in captivity, in the whole world 10,000 tigers don't live in their natural habitat, only 2,500 tigers live in their natural habitat.  This is kind of sad when you think about it .

Zoos can get full of animals very quickly so if animals breed with each other they might not have enough space to keep it safe and if no other zoos want the animal, it will have to be killed.

Humans are taking away animals natural behaviour, the poor animals that have been put in a zoo can’t be put back in the wild. The number of animals in the wild is  dropping, more and more animals are going into captivity we need to do something!

I say we keep zoos, but that doesn't mean people should have wild animals as pets that's just not right. Stick to normal pets like dogs, cats or maybe a bird. By the way have fun at the zoo, I might see you there.