Animal
kingdom is suffering in a high degree consequences of human actions like illegal
hunting and fishing, which leads to a high number of endareged animals. Some of them are, for
example, bengal tigers
or snow leopards.
It exists natural effects too that can produce the habitat destruction. For this reason, many
people think that zoos are a good way of saving these animals, isn’t it?
First of all, zoos are not the natural
habitat of the animals, in spite of being a really good copy of them. It is
very difficult to make a place as similar as some natural enclousers like penguins which are artic animals and they
need a very low temperature to live comfortably. There are also animals which have
to live in warm zones, like lions, for example.
Secondly, these animals are bred in
captivity. Because of it, they are often not fully adapted when the breeders release them.
Moreover, sometimes the animals are captured when they are puppies, what leads a
very difficult adaptation to the artificial means. Therefore, it does not help
endangered animals to protect their breeds.
To continue, I will say that zoos are over-priced places.
Furthermore, there are shops into zoos where cuddly teddy bears are sold, but they have a very
high price too. It may seem strange, beacuse those places are supposed to help
animals. Likewise, they need some money to try to conserve the animals.
In conclusion, if I wanted to help animals, I
would donate money to an animal
protection charity because when I went to a zoo, I only saw zoo animals that have behavioural problems due
to their life style and they seem unhappy.