How Should Zoos And Aquariums Be Abolished

Prisons and Animals Zebras, monkeys, sea turtles, dolphins, zoos and aquariums, it all comes back to the people. On average 175 million people visit zoos and aquariums each year and day by day the 6,126 animals are held captive and abused. The people continue to visit and don’t realize the real problem of zoos and aquariums. It should be fixed right? Yes. All zoos and aquariums should be abolished.

The people continue to visit and the animals keep getting stressed and that is the first problem with zoos, the aggression from the animal’s. Many people think this is the animal’s fault, but that’s wrong. Recently zoos have caused lots of controversy. From the attacks associated with Harambe and big cats getting free causing a death. It isn’t

The main problem of all of these issues are the same. They start with the people. The people continue to ruin the environment, from gas to littering, and these animals can’t survive like this. The zoos and aquariums can help them survive though. Most zoos and aquariums can provide these animals with food, water and a save environment. According to, Zoos Victoria, animals that have been behavior monitored shows signs of living life full and happy like they would in the wild. As the people continue to ruin the environment, terrible people continue to hunt. According to, Delaware Action for Animals, over 100 million animals are killed by hunters each year. If more animals were to go to zoos this number could severely go down. Along with this many zoos are making tough changes to make or send their animals to sanctuaries. As this is bad for zoos and their business, this provides animals with the care they need. According to, The Wild Animal Sanctuary, more than 1,000 animals have been rescued from zoos. These sanctuaries are truly teaching visitors how animals will behave in their natural habitat and keeping these animals healthy and happy. So, yeah animals have better chances to survive if they go to zoos, aquariums and sanctuaries but only a small percent of animals are actually

Most animals in zoos and aquariums are abused and don’t get the things they need to survive. Liz Tyson recently did an investigation on many zoos and found terrifying sites, including, an owner that cut a growth off an animal with a penknife and no anesthesia. The owner could of easily took the animal to the vet to get the proper treatment, claimed Tyson. Along with not the proper treatment, the animals are not fed with the right nutrients. This can cause early death and cause pregnant animals to have unhealthy babies and even premature death. Tyson found animals that were being fed stale bread and cake, which are obviously not the right nutrients for a wild animal. Of course, these animals have many more problems one of the major ones being, not enough space. Tyson found big cats stuck in a small enclosure for 18 hours a day and in the Toledo zoo a bear was locked up for hibernation and starved to death. Sounds like a prison, doesn't it?

As the people continue to ruin future life for animals, why don’t they just go back to where they belong? The wild. Zoos and aquariums should be abolished. Being locked up in a prison, being starved and being stressed is not what these animals want. Zoo and aquarium owners think about it. What do these animals want? The people think about it. Look at what others do to these zoos. Look at the business the people are providing for the zoos and aquariums.