should zoos be here or should they be gone from the earth?
105941
Great question! I would say we still need zoos. Reason 1: there are animals in danger and we should help them survive. Reason 2: kids need to learn. But zoos should be more open and natural, like the San Diego Wild Animal Park. I hate seeing animals kept behind the bars...
289399
I believe that we should stop and preserve more for wildlife. I LOVE animals with everything I own. They are so kool!!! So maybe someone should start a petition or start something to stop the killing of wildlife and habitats!!!!
852434
Well I think you are misdirected.  All animals are in the same boat.  If we were all created by a Supreme Being then we are all on par.  It is what we do after that affects our survival.  Animals in the wild do quite well with diseases and their physical traits have evolved to suit their existence.  Toss in Homo Sapien and you get another story.  We are careless with our environment.  The way we live in huge mega cities allows us to be exposed to tons of bacteria and viruses that we wouldn't come across if in little communities.  I think Home Sapiens should get 4/10 and God should get a n/a for not participating in things the way we think he does.  It is time for you to point your finger at the heart of the problem.
524539
Wow loss of meat. But i would be hapy.  I mean not for me but for the animals. They wud be somewhere where they weren't being hunted for their furs or tusks. They could rome freely the way God intended for it to be.
1017561
Danged interesting.  I will look into this.  I have said myself that the future belongs to the best breeders of any species.  Why are the pandas and white tigers endangered and the racoon and rat thriving? Adaptability and reproduction.  It's like WHO do you think are going to inherit the earth? The little WASP couple in the gated community with one or two perfect little lily white children or the Mexican couple with eight kids who will live anywhere and do anything to survive?  Whose kids are going to be the most capable of adapting and thriving? The robust little peasants or the little hot house plants?
1016643
I know the zoo in Washington D.C. only keeps endangered animals. The idea is that if they go extinct in the wild they can be reintroduced into the wild from the few remaining animals in zoos.
652404
There are many reasons that zoos are a valuable resource, not just for human entertainment (which is a really huge benefit actually, people who have seen and interacted with a creature like an anteater in a zoo are much more likely to be concerned about their fate in the wild), but also for zoological research and conservation purposes such as captive breeding and maintaining genetic diversity in populations.\n\nSome zoo animals do end up pacing as a compulsive behaviour, and it can be a simple of depression or nervous disorder.  This is commonly seen in bears, and some cats.\n\nIn other species, the pacing may not represent boredom or mental distress, and may just be a feature of an animal's normal behaviour.  In the wild, a giant anteater may roam many dozens of miles a day in search of food.  Pacing back and forth may just be an approximation of its normal habits, as if it was wandering the pampas looking for termite mounds.  Only in the zoo, food is guaranteed, so the anteater is not in danger of immediate starvation if it doesn't find a nest.  The pacing may just be a behaviour it continues because it feels natural to the animal, like a cat chasing a string, or a dog turning around before it lies down.\n\nThe ideal solution would be to provide a habitat as close to the animal's home habitat as possible, with the same plant and animal species it would normally encounter, and thousands of miles of open space for it to roam.  We call these habitats national parks, and sadly the demands of human agriculture and urban development have meant that we cannot provide adequate habitat like this for all species, so the zoos do the best they can to recreate a liveable environ for the animal.
1039327
Sad, but the fact is, even if you take out religion, we go against the laws of nature.\nLook whaty happens in overcrowdings of rats if left alone. Killing and disease control it, if famine does not.\n\nWhat we need to do is Educate the people to realize if ya don't have food, stop having babies....! Remember "we are the World" 20+ years ago? Well the famine has continued and  abbies still pop out too fast. I for one do not feel like paying for it anymore. \nIf it was a sudden natural disaster that is one thing, an ignorant culture is another. Maybe Nature is just trying to balance it out
278808
I would go. It would be extremely exiting to live on and explore another world. I would go to an asteroid if they told me. Even that would be fascinating. \n\nAs for migrating off world to reduce the population of the world; let´s do some math. Earths population increases with about 100 million per year. With our current level of technology pushed to the limit we could only send out about 100 people a year. So even if we could increase that rate by a million we would only reach zero population growth. Birthcontrol is the only method for keeping the world from getting catastrophically overpopulated. Today the most developed nations in the world already have a near zero, or even negative, population growth.
569597
There are five main functions of a modern zoo.  These are: Conservation, Reproduction, Education, Research and Recreation.  Zoos have made valuable contributions to protecting the threatened wildlife of the earth. If it weren’t for zoos, many species would be extinct today.  Zoos give wild animals with NO chance a LAST chance.\n\nConservation:  \nZoos play a fundamental role in the conservation of endangered and threatened species all over the world.  Aside from breeding endangered animals, conservation consists of the rescue and preservation of existing animals.  In tropical rainforests alone, we lose 100 species every day, 4 species per hour, due to tropical deforestation.  At current rates, 5 – 10% of tropical forest species will become extinct every decade.\n\nWhile a large part of conservation is the breeding of animals, conservation begins with the other branch of preservation of animals, which is simply housing them.  Whether an animal was living in a particularly dangerous or volatile environment or whether its species had simply become so very low in numbers that human intervention became necessary, zoos have provided safe havens for endangered animals for many years. \n\nAll over the world, animal populations suffer as their natural habitats are destroyed or taken over.  Even though in many cases the destruction of an animal's habitat is a result of human progress, at times the survival of a species requires human assistance.  \n\nSome zoos even participate in conservation projects outside of their walls.  For example, many zoos sponsor efforts to preserve natural habitats of threatened or endangered species, such as the Asian bamboo forests that are home to the giant panda and the South American rain forests that are home to the lion tamarin, a species of small monkeys.  These and other animals might not survive without preservation efforts made by zoos across the country.   The overall goal of many zoos is to create and conserve healthy populations that can someday be reintroduced into the wild.\n\nReproduction: \nThe role of zoos in breeding animals, especially endangered species, is an important one.  Between 2,000 and 6,000 animal species will become extinct in the near future without human intervention.  Zoos focusing on captive breeding can call themselves conservation centers since they are helping in the fight to save endangered species.\n\nA well-managed zoo can breed animals faster than the animals might breed in an otherwise troubled area in the wild.  Captive breeding has saved such species as the European Bison, the Hawaiian Goose, and the Arabian Oryx, a type of antelope, from extinction.\n\nZoos around the world lend and trade animals with each other through the Species Survival Plan (SSP) in order to avoid inbreeding, which can lead to a weaker population, and promote a healthier, more diverse group of animals.  Many zoos also participate in the International Species Information System (ISIS), a computerized inventory of more than 250,000 animals housed in zoos throughout the world.  ISIS maintains ancestral records for the animals to help document the animals' genetic backgrounds.    \n\nEducation:\nAlthough few people visit a zoo with education in mind, most modern zoos believe their primary mission is to educate the public.  Zoos are able to alter human perceptions about animals because they are places where people can really get to know animals.  In modern zoos, people can see, hear and smell animals in recreations of their natural environments.\n\nThe broader goal of zoo education is not just to teach about animals, or even our relationship with animals, but also to teach about the entire natural world and our place in it.  Zoos offer guided tours, workshops for students, teachers and the general public, lectures and other activities to promote animal education.  Many also work with local colleges and offer apprenticeship programs to people interested in zoo related careers.\n\nPeopl
904280
Animals need to eat, wherever they are. If they're at your place you'll feed them, if they're not domesticated and live outside they'll look for food themselves. So whatever you do, animals (and pets) will eat! And I don't think killing them all is a good solution, they're not the reason why some people have nothing to eat ;)
311637
Easy, just ban the English or lock them up in some zoo. Don't think the other animals will be best pleased, though!
376298
nope...resources are being consumed and very little left.no more space for more human species.its very hard to live since poverty is present in any sides of the world now.miserable lives arec waiting for 95% of the newborns....just think about the world situation
663798
Every living creature has a place on earth and should be respected. But I would ahve killed it aswell. Am I bad? Heidi
625299
A Zoo, A Circus, A Racetrack (horses, greyhounds), Sea World, Animal Safari Parks, Animal Rescue Leagues (all kinds of animals are rescued).  All I can think of at the moment.  :)
625599
Not necessarily, it might be better in the right environment.  If the animal is in the right environment, then yes, absolutely.  If the animal is in the wrong environment, or the environment suddenly changes, then absolutely not.  It all depends on where the species is living at a particular moment.
1070889
Yes.  I think that the animals were here first, and just because their brains aren't as developed doesn't mean they don't have feelings.  Animals have every right to be here, if not more.