what is the argument against for keeping animals in zoos

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Keeping Animals in Zoos is a Blunder

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Introduction

Possible animal perception of humans

Zoos depict captivity of animals as acceptable

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Mental and physical stimulation

Space , social equilibrium and gene pool

Natural immunity

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Predisposition to diseases

Appropriate preservation of species

William Ralph Inge , an English author and a professor of divinity once said , We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation , and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly

that beyond doubt , if they were able to formulate a religion , they would depict the Devil in human form (quotegarden .com , 2009 . It is in deed true that keeping animals in zoos has numerous shortcomings despite their proclaimed concern for animals . Zoos depict as acceptable and right to keep animals in captivity where they live in lonely , cramped conditions bored and separated from their natural habitats (mercyforanimals .org n .d . Animals in zoos are deprived of physical and mental stimulation since they have been removed from their expansive natural homes and are now confined to restrictive and small environments

Source : mercyforanimals .org

The claim that zoos are established to preserve and protect various species from extinction does not hold water since if this were the genuine objective , they would endeavor to do that in the natural habitat of the animals

In fact most of the animals in zoos do not face any threat of becoming extinct nor are they orphaned or injured contrary to the general claim that zoos...