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I personally think that zoos serve useful functions to us but they should not be promoted. In zoo, we are able to see various kinds of animals, especially the animals which don’t live in our country, like polar bears, lions and so on, and can have a fun. But this thinking is human-centered aspect. In animal-centered aspect zoo is too cruel.
Most of the animals in zoo are rare animals in our county, our environment. It means that animals have to adapt to new surroundings. It can cause stress and change the animals’ behavior and habit. Furthermore, it can result in decreasing the number of those animals. For example, China gave us some pairs of sacred ibis as a present. But some of them are dead due to the difference of environment.
Next, Long time ago we cannot see diverse animals without zoo. But nowadays even if it wasn’t for zoo we could see them through color books, videos, and internet. Functions of zoo are weakened so we don’t need to confine animals cruelly in the zoo.
Finally, Shutting animals up in the zoo is dangerous not only to themselves but also to people. For instance, fierce animals like alligators, lions are usually gentle. But sometimes we heard at the news that trainer or the person who takes care of animals is injured by that animal.
Considering these reason, I believe that it’s so cruel and wrong to confine animals in zoos.
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