Animal welfare

18 years whereas the wild elephants can live 50 to 70 years (Embar)? Zoos cause animals to be subject to psychological damage and exhibit signs of stress due to poor living conditions and uneducated visitors. Today, I?m going to try to persuade you that zoos are not where animals belong, despite their seemingly good intentions. Captive Animals? Protection Society states, ?Zoos cannot provide the amount of space animals have in the wild. This is particularly the case for those species who roam larger

way of finding an animal companion, as opposed to buying one. This is an issue because across the United States, there is an overpopulation or mistreatment of dogs and cats every day. Animal shelters take in these animals and care for them as much as they can. Animal shelter intakes are anything from those picked up by an animal control, surrendered by owners, or rescued from reports of animal cruelty. In the United States, approximately 5-12 million companion animals enter animal shelters annually

they have partnered with the animal welfare community. This partnership will allow them to provide both life-saving programs and solutions to the problem of overpopulation (Pets Alive, 2016). History According to “Pets Alive”, in April of 2002, Katrina Sturgeon read a newspaper article that stated that around 70% of the animals brought to the

pacing, swaying, and head-nodding, are directly related to the size of an animal 's home range in the wild. Zoos are limited when it comes to the amount of space they can provide each of the animals they hold, given the financial and logistical issues they face as businesses with limited land and resources. Notwithstanding the fact that people go to zoos in order to be able to view an animal, which may not be possible if the animal is provided with so much space that they can wander off out of

This story and many others is the sad truth of what zoos do to the animals that live behind their bars. This is why Zoos should be exterminated. In the United Kingdom there was a welfare concern for all of the elephants. 75% of elephants were overweight, only 16% could walk normally, and solitary 20% of the elephants were free of foot problems. This is why zoos do more harm than good. CAPS (captiveanimals.org ) states “Wild animals in zoos suffer physically and mentally as their complex social, behavioural

be overlooked by untrusted beings for the rest of your life. How would you feel? Angry? Scared? Annoyed? All of the animals in zoos feel like this. This shows that animals are not meant to be in zoos. They are not treated well and are only used for show and to make money. First of all, most animals in captivity, such as zoos, are treated unfairly. As www.peta.org says, “Animals are often prevented from doing most of the things that are natural and important to them, like running, roaming, flying

place wherein animals are held captive and are on display for people to observe. Zoos are also called as menageries in some places. Menageries are exhibits of animals, especially wild animals, in enclosures. During the ancient times, explorers, aristocrats and noblemen showcase their power, wealth and expeditions through menageries. Explorers bring back unfamiliar species of animals from their expedition. Ancient petroglyphs show evidences that zoo owners hired care takers for the animals in captivity

Animal cruelty is the act of inflicting harm or suffering upon animals for purposes other than self-defense. It may sound and be a terrible idea, but many do not notice that it is actually an ongoing issue and happens to all types of animals across the world. Animal cruelty has been an issue since the 1800’s and continues to be a problem. This act of violence is used by people and companies who we would hope would never do such things, yet we continue to support without realizing what is actually

Taking Action Introduction: “Companion animals are an important part of the American family life with over 60% of families owning pets, meaning that approximately 78.2 million dogs and 86.4 million cats live in homes” (Industry Statistics & Trends, 2011). With an abundant amount of animals living in the United States there are some who are unwanted and put on the streets to defend themselves. Resulting in animals having offspring roaming around because they are not spayed or neutered, and this is

affected animals life worldwide. They have raised the number of adopted animals, save more animals, spay/ neuter, and gain support world wide. ASPCA was founded in 1866 by Henry Bergh. ASPCA is a charity that helps prevent cruelty to animals. There headquarters are in New York City. ASPCA was created because Henry Bergh believed that animal cruelty was a terrible thing and it should be eliminated. I quote Henry Bergh, “to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout