Animal Captivity
I chose this topic because it isn’t as publicized as it should be, animals are suffering. Today there are hundreds of thousands of animals held in captivity in zoos or for events like circuses. With animals such as birds a cage is an awful home for them, they want to fly, and they need to fly. While I was in Florida I saw many exotic birds like Parrots and Macaws trapped in these tiny cages unable to fly and be free; Their water looked dirty and their food was being eaten by smaller birds that could fit through the bars of its cage. The birds were awesome to see but their captivity was not. I strongly feel that animal captivity should be illegal unless some changes are made and for bigger animals those changes need to include way bigger enclosures for the animals to roam around in. My photograph will support this idea by showing some birds with a depressed expression on their faces while in a cage which will try to show helplessness. In conclusion animals are not meant to be captive unless they are house pets because of their inability to exercise and for some animals fly. A zoo is unable to replicate the amount of space an animal would have if it were to be living in the wild. In captivity, animals on average have 18,000 times less space than what they would have in the wild. The paintings on the walls of these animals’ enclosures are only for the public’s benefit and do nothing to help the animals as they know it isn’t real. Many animals seem distressed, elephants for example are usually seen swaying their head from side to side which a typical behavior of an elephant when it is in distress. In some zoos birds have their wings cut off at the ends and this is done without any anesthetic which is cruel. Animals have their lives shortened in captivity, an orca in the wild usually lives for 30-50 years however in captivity that number is sliced to less than half and on average most only live until 13. Animals don’t need captivity and zoos are unnecessary too, save the animals and let them be free. https://www.humanesociety.org/all-our-fights/helping-captive-animals https://www.freedomforanimals.org.uk/zoos
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