In the book of "The life of PI" are there any ethologists out there that think zoo are good for wild animals

Answer 1

Before reading this brilliant novel I used to believe that zoos were cruel places made by man for the benefit of man to the detriment of wild animals. Yet the book made me change my mind because of its simple but logical reasoning: these animals come to realise they are no longer under constant threat and no longer have to forage for food, often in dry desert areas.

Would an animal give up its freedom in return for safety and regular meals? The answer would probably be yes.

Answer 2

I think it's a case of normal being "what you're used to." There are some extremely good zoos with excellent breeding programmes for endangered species who provide comfortable, as-natural-as-possible environments for the animals e.g. Singapore Zoo. Good zoos also have an education function - e.g. Colchester Zoo provides really good lessons for school groups on Trade in Endangered Species.
Despite this, I view zoos as a bit of a sad necessity. I also lived in Africa and visited the Kruger National Park and it is much more satisfying to see animals in the wild.
There are also some really lousy zoos which serve no conservation purpose at all and are neglectful if not out abusive. (I went to a "zoo" in Sarawak which had about 20 territorially aggressive monitor lizards, each about three-feet long in a six foot cage with nothing else to stimulate them. Unsurprisingly two of them were dead). I don't think any animals that escape from this type of zoo would return there willingly.

Answer 3

That was an amazing book! Truly astonishing. But it was fiction ...
However, there are many types of zoos in the world. Many of the modern ones try to reproduce the conditions the animals would live in naturally.
Sometimes breeding in captivity is the only way to stop extinction.
It is a hard life out there, in the wild, and humans keep on encroaching on territories they shouldn't, so it just gets harder and harder. And most animals have much shorter lifespans than the rate at which the changes eventually effect them, so have not enough time to pass on new information to their descendants. Meaning they don't have enough time to adapt to new problems which threaten them.
I think nature reserves are better for wild animals than zoos. But if an animal is 3rd or 4th zoo generation, and is properly cared for, it is lucky in its own way.
The problem arises if a natural or man-made disaster happens; so many zoo animals die in a war because they can't escape. (Except for the British Wallabies, of course!) And how could they survive an earthquake or something, being confined? In the wild, they'd sense it in advance and get to safety.
As more and more disasters are occurring at an alarming rate, there should be some way to protect captive animals at least, or the concept of all zoos becomes hypocritical.
I guess I have mixed feelings about it, but I am very much against the capture and export of wild animals for any purpose whatsoever. We have enough such animals who have been bred in captivity and they are the ones on Noah's Ark, so to speak. For the rest, we will just have to protect their habitats more than we do or put more money into Nature Reserves. Or trust them to do what Nature intended, if at all possible on their own, and that is to survive somehow.

Answer 4

As childrens, we lived in Glendale, CA close to the Griffith Park Zoo. San Diego Zoo grew to become into approximately a hundred miles away besides the undeniable fact that it grew to become into extremely actual worth the holiday. an thrilling one right here in Washington state is the element Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. I liked the pandas in the San Diego Zoo maximum of all. Griffith Park has had fires by way of the years and the region makes it susceptible to much extra, what with the nice and cozy, dry climate most of the 12 months in l. a.. The Griffith Observatory is a wonderful place to bypass to. most of the scenes from "revolt with out reason" starring James Dean have been filmed there.

Answer 5

Individual animals might be happy in captivity of course, but that doesn't mean it's desirable to have all animals locked up. After ten years in prison people start feeling pretty comfy in cells too - but is it right? Should we all be locked up?

Answer 6

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