Reading through old newspaper on animal kept in zoo really weeps my heart. Thousands of animals are captured or bred in captivity and kept in zoos all over the world so that human may look at them. Many of these animal are not native to the countries and have to adapt in their adoption countries. Animals belong in the wild, except for domestic animals, and it is clear that animal in the zoos, if allowed to make a choice, would rather live in their natural habitat. Keeping them in a zoo is akin to keeping them in prison. Still there is a couple of reasons for keeping animals in zoo. Animals born in captivity may not be able to survive in the wilds and have a better chance of living in zoos. Also, quite a few animals are in danger of extinction at the moment and breeding them in captivating, in zoos, may be the only way to save them. As much as possible animals should not be kept in captivity; they should be allowed to roam free. If at all we keep them in zoos, to save the animals, then we must make every attempt to ensure thet the zoos are as close as possible to - if not exact replicas of - their natural habitat. Also, zoos should not train animals to act; it should be enough that they charge visitors to look at them. But this is unavoidable since zoos need funds to operate.
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