Why Don T We Call It An Animal Prison?

Why don’t we call it an animal prison?

Have you heard about the accident that happened in the Tasmania Zoo, nine birds were killed and sixty animals were released, all because one person broke in the zoo and did all of this in one night. We could stop all of this from happening by not having animals in zoos. This is why animals should not be kept in zoos. There are three main reasons why I am against animals being kept in zoos, which are, one the animals are being harmed mentally. Two animals are being left vulnerable at night in zoos, three the zoos that breed their animals put back very little to no animals back into the wild.

Critics of zoos often say that animals get harmed mentally by being enclosed in zoos and by not having the space, diversity, and freedom that they would have in their natural habitat which causes stress. If the animals were not in zoos they wouldn’t have this stress. Also when they take animals from the wild causes much suffering by splitting up families says the article "Are Zoos a Good Thing?". Also the article "Are Zoos a Good Thing? “Says mammals in zoos die decades earlier than their relatives in the wild. So that proves my reason that animals can get harmed mentally and physically by being kept in zoos.

“They also say that zoo staff shows a lack of basic protection from harm for captive animals .Animals are being taken from zoos and harmed. Like in 2012 at the Tasmania Zoo in another country, nine birds were decapitated by individuals who broke into the zoo and also released sixty other animals who didn’t have a high chance of survival because they have been in a cage their whole life. We could stop all of this by not having animals in