For or against zoos as a good way of saving endangered animals

      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.