Zoos

Usually a zoo smells kind of like this:


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Zoos exist because, if there weren't zoos there wouldn't be a place for animals to be cared for. The only place would be the vet's office. Also because we need to care for the animals in need, like the ones that are sick or orphaned. There are bad points about zoos but the zoo is mainly for people to see rare animals and for education, but lots of other reasons too.

Zoos provide shelter and breeding sanctuaries for animals that are endangered. Because of habitat destruction, especially in tropical environments, many animals are illegally hunted, destroyed or pushed to the point of extinction. Zoos help save animals so that they do not get killed in the wild. Zoos also create a wonderful learning environment for people of all ages to see exotic animals face to face and learn about their importance in the world.

Animals do not have rights. In any case, zoos, as we will see below, exist to protect endangered species and to help us understand and protect our animal cousins more successfully. One of the reasons animals are taken into captivity in zoos is because they are under threat if they stay in their natural habitat.

Zoos nowadays are not marketed as places of entertainment - they are places of education. Most modern zoos have their main emphasis on conservation and education - the reason that so many schools take children to zoos is to teach them about nature, the environment, endangered species, and conservation. Far from encouraging bad treatment of animals, zoos provide a direct experience of other species that will increase ecological awareness.

One of the main functions of zoos is to breed endangered animals in captivity. If natural or human factors have made a species' own habitat a threatening environment then human intervention can preserve that species where it would certainly go extinct if there were no intervention. There are certainly problems with trying to conserve endangered species in this way but it is right that we should at least try to conserve them. And as long as animals are treated well in zoos there is no reason why conservation, education, and cruelty-free entertainment should not all be combined in a zoo. There is also, of course, a valid role for breeding in different environments such as large nature.

Zoos have research programs that help expand our knowledge about animals, especially the endangered species. The information gained by these programs can help protect, and treat the species in the wild, as well as determine what affects if any climate change may have on the regions needed for the species to flourish. Many zoos also have breeding programs for all kinds of species, endangered or not, and learn even more about the species during the breeding, and rearing process. All this knowledge and information is shared with visitors, organizations, and other programs alike.

Zoos are very good for the animals and give the whole species a last chance. Conservation is one of the things that zoos do to help the animal species survive. This brings me to the five main reasons why we have zoos. They are conservation, reproduction, education, research and recreation. Conservation is breeding, rescuing, finding homes for, and preserving threatened or endangered species.

Zoos help protect animals from predators. Animals kept in zoos would have once been in the wild where Survivial of the Fittest takes the lead.

Most zoos have large, life-like enclosures. Many zoos do not lock animals up in cages, which are mostly called safaris, and they really do help the animals. The animals live in a natural place and it is a lot like the wild, because they are free. A lot of them have large areas that animals can play in and a lot is done to ensure the animals are happy. The animals' enclosures are made to be similar to the animals' natural habitats and care is taken to ensure natural wildlife is within most enclosures. In zoos that strive to do this, it is okay to not have animals in their natural environment.

I personally think zoos are very important.

the number of zoos in the united states of America is a total of 180 zoos. this includes all 50 states.
Including Aquariums along with Zoos in the United States there are 370 listed with an indexing site listed below.

It cost $40 for an adult 1 day pass. This includes admission, bus tour, and aerial tram ride.

Do a search online for San Diego Zoo coupons and you should be able to save at least $4 on this price. Local Costco stores will often have discounted tickets as well.

The difference is a zoo diet is watched over. They have zoo keepers to watch over their diets and make sure they get the nutrition they need. While wild life eat whatever they can and monitor nothing. They have no one to watch over them or make sure they get whatever it is they need.

ladywell zoo is the smallest in the world and the wood park zoo in Manitoba Canada.

A Zoo or Aquarium Director makes between $100,000 to $1,000,000 a Year depending on the size of the facility. A small Aquarium Director is closer to $100,000 and a large Zoo Director makes closer to $1,000,000. On average it is probably around $250,000 per year. You can look up the top paid people for any non-profit organization with an account on guidestar.org.

Probably depends on which zoo you are referring to.

Some animals are put into into huts with hay and things for those animals to rest the night. Some animals will be kept outside free to rome their enclosures. There will be one or two zoo keepers patrolling the area to check the animals are ok.

Yes!! we should get rid of Zoos. They are prisons to animals, they should be able to run free. They could get out of their cages and attack humans!! It's for our own and the animals own good.

This depends on your opinion. Here's mine. Good zoos, the ones who take good care of the animals and provide opportunities for education and helps endangered species to grow back, should stay. Bad zoos, where animals are used only for entertainment, are cruel and should go. Of course, it would help tremendously if people would stop poaching killing, and destroying animals' territories in the first place.

To run away from Jack Sharpes Jokes

Well do you want me to give you them all well it has polar bears lions tigers snow tigers monkeys paraquete like birds that you can feed and they sit on your head! flamingos rhinos LOADS almost every animal you can think of!! NO ELEPHANTS ANY MORE D=

It very much depends on the zoo. Usually the more room and more like their original habitat the more comfortable they are. I know with cats if there is a lot of pacing, concrete.no green. and small water for them to play in they are not happy.

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Admission prices vary for this zoo, with several group offers also available. Adult tickets are currently $21.99, children can go for $16.99 up to the age of 12, and under - twos are free! There are also tickets available for $17.99 for seniors, college students, and the military.

The word zoo is an abbreviation of the terms "zoological garden", which refers to "zoology", the study of animals. This word comes from two Greek words, ("zwo" meaning "animal" and "logos" meaning "study") zoology. It was first changed into the abbreviated form, "Zoo" when referring to the "Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society of London, they often shortened the name to "London Zoological Gardens", or the "London Zoo" which was first opened to the public in 1847, and the abbreviation "zoo" was printed about the same time. But it took a song to make the term really popular, "Walking in the Zoo on Sunday". For more details, please see the site listed below.

The Bronx Zoo opens at 10:00 AM, and closes at 5:00 PM, everyday Monday through Friday. The weekdays and holidays the zoo opens the same time 10:00 AM, and closes at 5:30 PM. This is called the "Spring and Summer Hours and Rates", from April 4th to November 1st. For more details, please see site listed below.

If you mean giant pandas, then no. They do have red pandas which had a baby on 22nd June.

Now three months old, the baby is beginning to show herself to visitors.

yes they release the animals back into the wild all the time on tv

construction began in 1898 and the park was opened in 1899. in 1897, Heins and Lafarge drew the zoo's layout.

Zoos are considered to "do more harm than good" simply from an extremist abolitionist animal rights' stand point. To see such points expressed in a sensational manner, please see the related link below to read PETA's (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) views and facts on animals' lives at the zoo.

It should not go without being said, however, that zoos are there to educate people about the animals raised there and natural conservation practices that go into the maintaining of wild populations of certain wildlife. Many people cannot nor do not have enough money to go on a round-the-world trip to see all the animals they can simply got to a zoo to see, and nor would they invest or donate the money to save certain animals in other countries. They would, however, pay to see such animals to give their children the kind of experience they would never get if no such animal sanctuaries existed, as well as learn things about the animals that will never be found close to their own home.

Zoos are also there to help breed and increase population of species that are considered endangered, critical or near extinction, or to establish a population of animals that are needed because animals in the wild are facing serious crisis (such as a rare cancerous disease in Tasmanian Devils) that could lead to their extinction. Animals at many zoos are treated humanely and always with their welfare in mind; many animals (which constitute most, if not all) born and raised in zoos are not able to survive out in the wild should they be released. This is because they have recieved too much human exposure and training to be deemed able to survive on their own looking for food and escaping dangers such as predators and more aggressive animals of their species. Exceptions are animals raised in conditions where they do not receive adequate human exposure to render them tame because of the plan to release them into the wild. An example of this is the raising of Black-footed Ferrets to be released back into their natural grassland habitat in southern Saskatchewan.

Taronga Zoo, Sydney. ---- Most zoos around the world would have kangaroos. Kangaroos are plentiful in Australia and they can live in a variety of climates. They can survive on grass, which is also plentiful. Chances are your local zoo has kangaroos.

Animals should not be kept in zoos because most people go to the zoo purely for their entertainment and truly I think that animals were not created for our entertainment. We shouldn't put animals lower than us. Which means that in my point of view animals should be allowed to enjoy their habitat, live with there family freely, instead of living in a zoo trapped behind bars, living with whatever other animals the keepers want in the same enclosure. Without a pack or pride, and not allowed to breed, sounds like a nightmare to me. Imagine yourself trapped behind bars and people come to see you for their own amusement, and entertainment. You are not in your original habitat, and you lack the support of your family and friends, also the food you eat is a type of food you don't normally eat. If you don't like it well too bad, you have to eat it or you will die of hunger. So, this might be how animals feel living in zoos and we need to be understanding, and considerate of their circumstances.

Animals are born wild, they should live and die wild . It is also wrong because the animals don't get to behave naturally, like hunting their prey, breeding, and social activities such as packs and prides. All of these things would help them adjust to the captivity in a more healthy manner.