Yasmin

Mrs.Shukairy

Writing

11/4/13

Caged Animals

Look at that cute little penguin. That penguin is stuck behind a glass wall with a little room to swim and walk around. That penguin is in zoo. Animals should be out in the wilderness wither friends and family. They should have an unlimited amount of space to run around and grow. It is inhumane for animals to be kept in cages; they should be let out and in their own natural habitat.  

Animals should not be kept in cages at zoos because they are being held captive in zoo cages away from their friends and family. If you have ever been to a zoo it shows on the animals face that they are sad, uncomfortable, and depressed.Endangered animals in the zoos are not in their natural habitat therefore it is harming them. In some cases they kill themselvesout of sadness. In some cases the zookeepers in the zoos are beating up the animals. In Santiago a zoo there was transferring an elephant to a wild park and as they were transferring it a zookeeper started to wipe the elephant with a metal spear for about two hours. The witnesses have said it’s like he was hitting a homerun. A zoo keeper in San Francisco Paul Hunter says “you have to motivate them and the way you do that is by beating the hell out of them.”

Animals are being hurt. They are getting abused and we aren’t doing anything about it. We just know its happening but we just stand around and do nothing. Our whole life is a cycle.The plants grow to feed the animals, the animals grow and eat so we can fee and hunt the animals for nourishments. A dolphin named Flipper committed suicide by holding her breath in and sinking at the bottom of her tank. Dolphins are not automatic air breathers. Every breathe is a conscious effort, so dolphins can decide whether or not to take their next breathe. That is exactly what Flipper did she took her own life. Flippers trainer found her on the surface of the water and then Flipper sunk to the bottom of her cage. She committed suicide. What if more animals started to committee suicide in zoos, then what? The zoo owners are just going to replace them and bring in new animals of the same species. And if those animals get sad it’s all going to happen again and again. If they do that and all the animals become extinct and they all die then what do we have left? Nothing. No more animals

Some believe zoo`s take good care of their animals this is a weak position because it’s not true. People don’t really know what’s happening when the zoo is closed. People aren’t there when the animals are getting abused, beaten, and whipped, for hours. The people don’t notice that. They don’t see the bruised marks they don’t see nothing. They honestly don’t care. Do they not think that it would be better if the animals were returned to their natural habitat? People really don’t think about other things happiness besides their owns. Well that is how we are all created, but is it really worth these animals getting beat and living in torture just for our happiness when all we can do is google a picture of them. Well we are just selfish in that way. Some people would do anything for their pets like their cats or dogs, but aren’t cats and dogs the same they all are animals. So why is it that we treat cats or dogs differently than monkeys or elephants?

In conclusion, people should stop hurting animals and let them go back into their natural habitat with their friends and family. People don’t respect what animals have done for us in the past. In the past animals were the only thing that was keeping our ancestors alive. Now imagine if there were no animals in this world that our ancestors died of starvation because there were no animal`s then that would cause us to have never been alive. There wouldn’t have been life on earth anymore. Now imagine if you were an animal trapped in a cage alone just you. How would that make you feel?