Should animals be kept in zoos?Why?

Answer 1

I know the zoo in Washington D.C. only keeps endangered animals. The idea is that if they go extinct in the wild they can be reintroduced into the wild from the few remaining animals in zoos.

Answer 2

Most zoos are not just places to display animals; they are actively involved in animal conservation. For example, the California condor was practically extinct. All remaining birds were captured and housed at the zoos in Los Angeles and San Diego. After a managed breeding program, they began to return birds to the wild, and they are doing well.

For some very endangered animals, the ones in zoos around the world are the majority of the population. If these animals were allowed to roam free, they would be threatened by the same problems that made them endangered in the first place: loss of habitat, disease, etc. Through swapping and artificial insemination, zoos work together to breed animals and maintain as diverse a gene pool as possible.

In some ways it would be nice if this could be done without putting the animals on display. But memberships and daily fees pay to support the zoo's work. Most people wouldn't give $35 to help breed a tiger, but they will $50 to join a zoo for a year or $10 admission fee each day if they get to look at a tiger.

Also, Tao-Kzu said "For in the end, we will save what we love, we love what we understand, and we understand what we are taught." Zoos teach us about the animal world. To a certain extent, they are ambassadors for their kind. In the old days, an ambassador would leave his home country, spend years far away from friends and family, be forced to eat strange foods and wear strange clothes in a strange climate. But they did so to benefit their countrymen back home. And if a tiger who lives his life in a habitat can convince us to work to find solutions in southeast Asia that don't require deforesting the land and help preserve the habitat so his brethren can roam free, he has done his job.

Answer 3

for some animals i do think so..but not all animals should be kept in zoo.animals also like human..they want a free life in a nature and native habitat. but since our environment has destroyed ,to avoid them from disappeared from this world..we must kept them in the zoo so that they safe .

Answer 4

they tried to make housing for them in chicago...but it did not work ...