Zoos

As far as I am concerned, there are many zoos around the world which claim that they are collaborating and trying to prevent​ the extinction of some animals species, but is that completely true or are they really a place where animals suffer and where people make money?

On the one hand, there are some zoos which have a huge reputation for helping animals in danger of extinction. They have many very qualified vets who look after each and every single animal in the zoo and allow them to breed using non-harming techniques. They even have artic animals like for example, penguins which as it is known, are in danger of extinction due to the global warming and the melting of the glaciers. These places normally have enormous open spaces for the animals to feel like at home and they even have artificial rainfall to simulate some of the specie´s habitat. Zoos sustain mostly on donations from rich people apart together with the money they collect from the tickets paid by the visitors, therefore, if I  had a lot of money, I would undoubtedly give away money to these places, as their only aim is to conserve important and necessary species.

On the other hand, I also see eye to eye with people that argue that some zoos are not the best place for animals especially for wild ones. It is not a bed of roses to look after them and sometimes it is so dangerous to get near them that they spend most of the time locked in very small cages. Visitors come to see the animals because they love seeing them from a distance, but is it worth it? From the outside it may seem as if the animals where happy, healthy and very well looked after. However, that is not true at all, as some of those animals have depressions because they don’t have enough space to have a normal life. Others need a special climax that, no matter what simulations are used, it will always be impossible for them to adapt to it and most of this animals sooner or later end up dead.

Therefore if I were the government, I would only accept zoos or any kind of protected places where animals were kept in captivity only if it was extremely necessary to breed them. I would prohibit any other type of zoo and I would make very strict laws against that, as after all, what would the world be without animals?