Cronin, A. M. (2016). Does keeping animals captive help kids learn how to respect them? One Green Planet.
The article argues that keeping animals as captives has educational benefits and an adverse impact on children. The author gives an example of SeaWorld, where animals like dolphins and orcas are kept. In this article, Cronin (2016) claims that animals greatly inspire kids. When children are exposed to these sea animals, they learn to respect them. Most of the children love the living and the behavior of the animals such that some, even after they grow up to adults, already have some interest in visiting these captives. This has a positive impact on zoo owners, especially those who use them to raise money. This article will provide me with useful information that I will use in my essay introduction part to make the learners understand the effect of keeping animal captives on children.
Fobar, R. (2019). Hundreds of zoos and aquariums are accused of mistreating Animals. National Geographic.
Zoos and aquariums which does not meet the required standards are mistreating the animals. Some of the occasions where these animals have been mistreated include making elephants play basketball, wearing monkey and chimpanzees’ clothes, and taking photos with them. According to Fobar (2019), only zoos and aquariums that meet the animal’s welfare standards should be accredited. Fobar (2019) argues that some zoos have violated animals’ rights by making their habitats too small, not focusing on animal interest but their interest in raising money. Even these animals are denied the right to choose what they want. This information establishes the context for the topic and will be useful. The introductory paragraphs of the research inform readers of the mistreatment animals experience.
Godinez, A. M., & Fernandez, E. J. (2019). What is the zoo experience? How zoos impact a Visitor’s behaviors, perceptions, and conservation efforts. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(1746), 1-8.
Modern zoos try to educate visitors about zoo animals and how visitors are more interested in these animals’ natural behavior. Zoos play a significant role in the conversation of the environment. When visitors visit the accredited zoos for the purpose of entertainment, they give some money which is then used to develop these animals’ habitat, especially if the animals are those that like staying on trees, they are planted. Furthermore, even keeping and taking care of these animals is a part of environment conservation. The source is very useful to my essay because it provides sufficient information to the reader on any information concerning zoos.
Kagan, R., Allard, S., & Carter, S. (2018). What is the future for zoos and aquariums? Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 21(1), 59-70.
Animal welfare has shown great concern for animals in zoos and aquariums. For the past decade, animals’ rights in a zoo have been found to have been violated. Still, according to this article, their welfare is currently being. If the rights and welfare of animals in zoos and aquariums are properly observed, the world association of zoos and aquariums will have no issues with these zoo fields. As a result, most of them will be accredited. Zoo being a form of entertainment to many people will generate a lot of money for the owners, thus creating more zoos and aquariums for visitors. This will positively influence the growth of zoos and aquariums across the world. This article will be useful to the conclusion of my essay since it gives a summary of zoos and aquariums.
Kuehn, B. M. (2002). Is it ethical to keep animals in zoos? American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).
Some people believe that keeping animals in zoos is a violation of these creatures’ right to liberty. Others believe keeping animals in is diminishing their lives, and zoos being a form of entertainment is not an apparent reason to keep them captive. So, they treat these acts to be wrong. On the other hand, Dr. Hutchin argues that keeping animals in zoos has an advantage of environment conservation when the welfare of these animals has been observed. He says combining zoos and aquariums’ conservation and educational benefits makes keeping animals in zoos ethical. Kuehn argues that people find it hard to visit zoos where the welfare of the animals is not observed. People find it to be ethically wrong to visit fields where captives are suffering. In this article, it is ethical to keep animals in zoos, but the field must ensure they meet the standards to keep and maintain the welfare of the captives. This source is very useful when writing my essay thesis paragraph since it gives the readers the overall ethical views of different people.
Learmonth, M. J. (2019). Dilemmas for natural living concepts of zoo animal welfare. Animals, 9(6), 318.
This article focuses on the dilemmas encountered in zoologist institutions. Learmonth argues it is sometimes challenging to change the behavior of some animal completely. The article further explains that some animals take time to adapt to the new environment. Some even fear showing their natural behavior in zoos. It is also known that human to animal interaction is natural, but it is not important to animals who initiate this interaction. This article will be very useful in my essay since it summarizes the difficulties zoologists go through.
Pierce, J., & Bekoff, M. (2018). A post zoo future: Why welfare fails animals in zoos. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 21(1), 43-48.
This article tends to review the discussion held in zoos, which are more of increasing the animals but not the problems these animals face. Pierce argues that zoos and aquariums claiming to have met the standards should ensure they do not keep animals that do not perform in their field and stop moving animals around one zoo to another. They should also ensure they do not kill healthy animals. The source is very useful in the essay because it will make the reader understand the welfare of animals in captives.
Powell, D. M. & Watters, J. V. (2017). The evolution of the animal welfare movement in the U.S. Zoos and aquariums. Der Zoologische Garten, 86(1-6), 219-234.
Welfare has emerged to be of great concern across the world. According to Powell, experts working in zoos and aquariums are very focused on the welfare of animals for a long time, as they work to improve farming to improve animals’ species. The article gathered information from literature and zoological firms and found that the evolution of the zoological profession focuses on animal welfare in the United States. The zoos’ challenges have been addressed, and they appreciate solutions. This source provides information on the current situation of modern zoos.
References
Cronin, A. M. (2016). Does keeping animals captive help kids learn how to respect them? One Green Planet. Web.
Godinez, A. M., & Fernandez, E. J. (2019). What is the zoo experience? How zoos impact a Visitor’s behaviors, perceptions, and conservation efforts. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(1746), 1-8.
Fobar, R. (2019). Hundreds of zoos and aquariums are accused of mistreating Animals. National Geographic. Web.
Kagan, R., Allard, S., & Carter, S. (2018). What is the future for zoos and aquariums?Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 21(1), 59-70.
Kuehn, B. M. (2002). Is it ethical to keep animals in zoos? American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).
Learmonth, M. J. (2019). Dilemmas for natural living concepts of zoo animal welfare. Animals, 9(6), 318.
Pierce, J., & Bekoff, M. (2018). A post zoo future: Why welfare fails animals in zoos.Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 21(1), 43-48.
Powell, D. M. & Watters, J. V. (2017). The evolution of the animal welfare movement in the U.S. Zoos and aquariums.Der Zoologische Garten, 86(1-6), 219-234.