What is the difference between a zoo and a wildlife sanctuary?

Answer 1

Tigers in the zoo have been trained not to hurt people and to be nicer and to live on the meat that's given to them. Hope this helps! :)

Answer 2

Answer 1:

Both the Zoo and an animal sanctuary give protective asylum to animals and birds. However, the zoo keeps animals in captivity, within artificially created habitat, whereas the sanctuary provides home to animals in their natural habitat without captivity.

Answer 2:

Additional Info: That is correct, but a Zoo is a park made to put the animals on display for the public, that is it's purpose. It is an institution designed to exhibit living animals to the public in a park setting. While a Wild Life Sanctuary is a protected area reserved for animals to live a natural, undomesticated life without threat or intrusion by humans through hunting, trapping, etc. or otherwise disturbing their habitat, and protected lands. That guards the animals normal "wild" life.

Answer 3:

A zoo is designed around the concept of housing, tending, and controlling wild animals safely using enclosures, including the large areas used as ranges, sometimes many acres for some species, while still maintaining the visitors ability to interact with all the different species at the zoo. Some zoos are charity organizations, and do not have to compete out right for consumers spending money, but many zoos are strictly profit driven business. The profit driven zoos are designed to cater more to what they feel customers want or desire for a day out. Many zoos focus on providing the general environment that animals would live in naturally, allowing them to behave as though under normal circumstances, but they must also incorporate the customer's general needs, and provide viewing, teaching, and some direct interaction with most, if not all species in residence. A wildlife sanctuary isn't concerned with the need to support itself. Usually a sanctuary is run by a non-profit organization, single individuals or some type of governmental group. The main priority is the safety of the animals, concerns for human comforts, and desires aren't taken into account. Most wildlife sanctuaries are focused on providing protection for animals, and the land that is important to the well being and growth of a specific species population. They will try to protect the ecosystem to a degree, monitoring the species, using whatever method possible including, long range observation, while giving the species a protected area to live without human disturbance. Some of these sanctuaries, or protected areas have been used for the release of rehabilitated animals, or as the first stage release of animals in breeding programs. This can give animals the advantage of close monitoring during it's first days of adjustment to living in the wild. Both zoos and wildlife sanctuaries don't allow hunting, trapping, fishing, or harming animals in anyway. For more details, please see the sites listed below.

Answer 4:

In Australia, there is little difference between a zoo and a wildlife sanctuary. Both are there for the purpose of displaying animals, and in many cases, both try to replicate the animal's natural habitat as much as possible, allowing them plenty of space to roam free. Cages for the purpose of display are virtually unheard of, and both run programmes to help preserve endangered species. Both seek to educate the public about concerns with animal conservation, and both have shows to entertain the public. Both run hospitals for injured wildlife. The main difference in Australia is that a zoo will feature exotic species, while a wildlife sanctuary focuses on native wildlife.

Answer 3

There are currently nearly 15,000 tigers in captivity. In contrast to less than 5000 total in the wild. Some very disturbing statistics! In zoos, all their needs are met for them, they are provided with ample food and water, so even though they have much smaller territory in a zoo, they don't have to compete for food, so they can thrive despite the reduced space. In the wild, they need lots of space to hunt for enough prey to sustain them, but human encroachment on their habitat is shrinking that space drastically more and more all the time. Tigers must rely on instinct to survive, but the instincts were developed in habitats that were much different from the habitats and prey left for them today. .

Answer 4

The ones at a zoo are probably trained and the ones in the wild are not. The dolphins in zoos will live longer and be less ravaged by the environment. With their regular diet, zoo dolphins are likely to be heavier.

Answer 5

Basically they are the same animal, whether Asian or African, but their experiences can be very different.

Zoo elephants:

• May be forced to live in artificial social units of two to three, or in some cases kept alone, elephants in captivity are deprived of the basic necessity of family & socialization.
• The effects of inadequate exercise on elephants are often deadly.
• Captive elephants have significantly lower life spans than their wild counterparts & are usually dead before the age of 40.
• Elephants in captivity are routinely beaten, shocked, abused, & chained for long periods of time. Comment: this is more likely if an elephant is kept for working rather than in a zoo.

Wild elephants:

• Female elephants in the wild live in large family units, typically about 10 individuals, but sometimes as many as 100 may gather together, & have constant companionship.
• Wild elephants typically walk up to 40 miles a day.
• Wild elephants have long life spans & typically live to 60-70 years of age.
• Aside from humans, elephants have no natural enemies. When left alone, elephants are very peaceful creatures.

Answer 6

one has stripes and runs the other one is fat