Should zoos have endangered animals? yes or no with explanation thanks 25% 1 Vote

Yes. The AZA has a species survival plan (SSP) for each species that outlines how to keep various species going in a captive setting. There have been animals that have been saved in zoos, such as oryxes and Mongolian ponies that were saved from extinction and are being introduced back into the wild. Other animals only exist in zoos, such as the Barbary lion. They thought the Barbary lion was extinct, and then they did some DNA studies and found there was a viable population distributed among European zoos. (One such zoo is in Dublin.) Many times, animals are at risk due to political instability. Zoos can preserve the animals until such time as the politics changes and the animals and people are safe. Zoos are a lot better than they used to be. Many zoos are enlarging the spaces for their animals and giving them changes in their day%26#039;s routine (enrichment) to encourage more natural behavior and keep them from being bored. Really large animals like elephants are being moved out of zoos, where it is impractical to keep them on anything less than 5 acres, and sending them to sanctuaries. 0% 0 Votes

It depends on the effect it will have. I personally think that it would raise the awareness of visitors who might not have known about a particular endangered species before they visited the zoo. They may then, in the future, be careful with their actions on behalf of the endangered animal. Also, if there is a trend in keeping endangered species in zoos, more and more zoos will reproduce and conserve that species for display and promoting awareness. Keeping endangered species in zoos will therefore be beneficial for those species. 0% 0 Votes

no beacause they can get killed either way remeber you cant change destiny they shouldnt be in cages they deserve freedom 0% 0 Votes

I%26#039;m not a fan of keeping animals in cages. 0% 0 Votes

when they are all dead, where will you get more? The only safe place for many of these animals is the zoo. Otherwise people better start paying pochers not to shoot, or kill these animals 0% 0 Votes

No, It%26#039;s too stressful. Better a wild animal park, let the public watch on TV. 0% 0 Votes

Absolutely not. Endangered animals such as sea cows, eagles, brown bears, pandas, etc should be kept and protected in their habitats or sanctuaries. Why? Because those places are where they were born, grew; and where they get food, etc. In other words, these are the places where they live freely and naturally. From my intelligent father 25% 1 Vote

zoos can be very good for endangered animals look at the condor. Without the zoos help we would have lost this bird. there are many animals that are in threat of becoming extinct. Without the zoos help it would happen much faster. 0% 0 Votes