which would u prefer.?.. for animals to live in zoos or in their natural habitat?

Question

both i think because bears have been reported to attack humans so they have to be caged so as not to harm humans and humans to take care of them but as in the case of tarsiers they have to be in their natural habitat because if they are separated from their family/natural habitat they will commit suicide.. sOoo. what do ya think?

Answer 1

Animals are always best left to their natural habitat. Once and animal has been in captivity for a period of time or reared in captivity, it won't survive in the wild as it can't hunt at it's natural ability. However, some animals are best in zoos as they are threatened with extinction. The Giant Panda is one example. We cannot afford to let these animals disappear and it is therefore vital that we have breeding programs, in a safe and controlled environment. Breeding programs can be very successful and a species can be returned to wild in a controlled manner. Therefore, if an animal is not endangered, it should be left in the wild but if an animal is endangered, it should be helped to survive the threat of extinction. If wild animals are left undisturbed, they successfully control their environment. Once man decides to destroy whole habitats for cultivation and construction, we get an imbalance. Take the fox as an example. The fox loves a nice young rabbit but the farmer decides the rabbit is a pest and kills all the rabbits on his land. The fox then goes hungry and smells the farmer's chickens. The hungry fox then raids the farmers chickens. The farmer and those that are pro fox hunting then accuse the fox of being a pest and therefore hunt the fox. If the farmer had left the rabbits alone, the fox would have had ample food. As the rabbit population increases, the fox breeds more as there is enough food. As the rabbit population decreases, the fox reduces it's breeding and many die thus creating a natural balance. As man has created the natural imbalances and destroyed much of the wonderful nature on this planet, we have a moral obligation to protect as many species as possible. We can do this in natural surroundings, in zoos, in Wildlife Parks and in Nature Reserves. We also have a moral obligation to reverse all the environmental damage that we have done over the last three hundred years.

Answer 2

Zoos would not be real enough for reacting as or reanacting an animal's habitat or evolutionary adaptation.

Therefore, a natural habitat is most desired for animals.

However, if man can make zoos seem like a natural habitat, then it would be art. An artist seeks to make an expression, a zoo which is a reanaction of an environment or ecology would be a great acheivement as an art form.

Some think that the space is naturally a hinderence, but the truth is, there is lots of space, there are millions of miles of space on earth, and not a single person is making a resource out of it. It is clearly a sad situation.

Answer 3

Zoos are much better than they use to be and they continue to improve. Most try very hard to meet the needs of each indiviual animal. I think we need zoos for a few reasons...

Humans are destroying natural animal habitats all over the world. Plus we are killing the animals themselves for various reasons (mostly money). Zoos give us the chance to actually see live animals and learn about them. Zoos are also helping to stop the extinction of several species by, not only keeping the animals, but by initiating breeding programs where they release the babies into the wild to try and save the wild populations.

Alot of people are so against zoos, and yes, there are zoos that are crappy but the major zoos are trying to educate and save animals that are on the brink of being lost forever. No, animals don't deserve to be caged but they don't deserve to become extinct because of human interference either.

Most animals in zoos are those that were injured and wouldn't survive in the wild or were born in zoos. Zoos do alot of good, but there are some bad ones out there.

Answer 4

I think that zoos are nice for the reason being to let people see what these animals look like. Lots of people would never get to see in real life this variety of animals.--animals from other countries. Some of these caged animals may live much longer caged than in a natural setting--they are well fed and taken care of. But I love nature--animals running free.

Answer 5

I prefer them living in their natural habitat. I'm not really too giddy at the thought of them being in the zoos. If they have to be caged, it should be for an attempt to make them multiply, especially that they are endangered.

Answer 6

a mix. letting them live in a natural habitat will make them vulnerable to poachers but keeping the entire species locked up doesn't really seem like a good solution to me either.