The claim that animals have ‘rights’ was first put forward

by the Australian philosopher Peter Singer in the 1970s

and has been the subject of heated and emotional
debates ever since. There are many contexts in which
the question of ‘animal rights’ comes up. Should we
farm animals? If so by what techniques? Should we eat
animals? Should we hunt and fish them? Is it morally
acceptable to use animals as sources of entertainment in
the context of zoos, circuses, horse racing etc.? Often
the same organisations that campaign on environmental
issues (e.g. Greenpeace) are also concerned for the
welfare of animals: both sets of concerns derive from a
commitment to the value of Nature and the Earth. The
question of animal rights might well come up in a debate
on biodiversity, and is one with so many political and
social implications that it is also worth having in its own
right. This debate is about the ethical principles at issue;
the separate debates on biodiversity, vegetarianism,
zoos, blood sports, and animal experimentation deal
with more of the concrete details.

I don't think that we should put a lot of animals into zoos, but it shouldn't be
banned. Many times zoos will take in animals because they are endangered and
need to be saved before they go into extinction.

Zoos may seems like a inhumane way to keep animal... locked up. But the plus side to
zoos are they help stop animals from becoming extinct. They are also used for animal
research which can help repopulate some species back into the wild.

For
• Zoo life does not prepare animals for the challenges of life in the
wild. For example, two rare lynxes released into the wild in Colorado died
from starvation even though the area was full of hares, which are a lynx's
natural prey.
• Zoo will care for orphaned young or injured wildlife.
• Animals properly cared for in Zoo's usually live a longer and
healthier life than those in the wild, and they also allow those of us who
have never been to the wilds a chance to see those animals with our own
eye
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• Diseases often spread between species
that would never live together naturally.
For example, many Asian elephants have died
in US zoos after catching herpes from African elephants.
Some animals are kept in cages, which show cruelty towards these animals. It shows
that they do not consider animals' rights and feelings. Animal should have the
right to go anywhere they want to go

• the animals who live there are kept in enclosures that don't allow them to live
their lives in a natural way.
• Animals like polar bears or felines are used to hunting; the zoo with regular
feedings replaces this habit. Most animals kept in zoos would naturally roam for
tens of miles a day.
• Surplus animals are either killed - and sometimes fed to their fellow zoo habitants
- or sold to other zoos or dealers.
• It's unnatural environment.
• They treat wild animals as an entertainment for people too.
• Animals change their behaviour in Zoos as it is different form the wild.

overall i think zoos can be a great place for animals... it's the safest place for the
animals too... they are well feed and they don't have any worries....
but these won't be true in every zoos. some zoos can be too small for the animals and
the animals may don't like it there....

Animals should be kept in zoos, because they provide educational help for kids to learn
about animals, without the risk of injury to themselves or the animals. Also some animals
are endangered and are better off kept in zoos with a safe, protected environment with out
being hurt by their predators.

animals should not be kept in zoo's, even though they are well fed and cared for
nowadays they cannot exhibit their natural behavior characteristics that would normally
be present in the wild, this in turn produces stress which will affect the health and well-
being of the animals