zoo

The other day in class we talked abut zoo's and their role in our society. I raised the point in class and want to talk about it here too. For me zoos are an ethical place to keep native species in their environments for everyone to see. I don't believe exotic and non native species should be locked in a cage modified to their environment. Even if one points out the fact that zoos are conserving or rehabilitating the exotic and non native animals , that is just an illusion. When an animal goes to a zoo hurt or abandoned they will stay at that zoo for the rest of their lives. That troubles me. If a human were to get sick or orphaned he is kept till he is 18(ready for the wild) or until he is no longer sick. We don't go to hospital and stay forever, why do animals in zoos.


-saraj