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This is a picture of a young giraffe, Marius, being fed to the lions in front of visitors after zookeepers shot him to maintain a "healthy" giraffe population.

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This is a video of a toger showing stereotypical behavior.

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Scorpion Wildlife Trade Monitoring Group

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Yet another tiger in a bad zoo showing zoochosis (going crazy) symptoms

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This is a video about the powerful story of a chimpanzee rescued from the harsh mistreatment of a zoo.

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PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

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Rescue of Iris the Chimpanzee | PETA Animal Rescues

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"Are zoos ethical?" New York Times Upfront, 21 Nov. 2016, p. 22+. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A473149808/OVIC?u=eths_main&sid=OVIC&xid=01a46423. Accessed 5 Feb. 2019.

Berlin, Ann. Britches, www.animalliberationfront.com/Practical/Entertainment/ZooCartoons.htm.

Buckley, Chris. “Kangaroo Pelted With Rocks Dies in Chinese Zoo, and Fury Flies.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/world/asia/china-kangaroo-zoo-death.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FZoos&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=collection

Captive Animal Protection Society. "Captive Breeding Programs Are Ineffective." Endangered Species, edited by Helen Cothran, Greenhaven Press, 2001. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010131215/OVIC?u=eths_main&sid=OVIC&xid=38400f0f. Accessed 18 Feb. 2019. Originally published as "Zoos: The Conservation Con," www.caps-uk.dircon.co.uk/zoos/zcon.htm.

Chan, Melissa. “South Lakes Safari Zoo: Nearly 500 Animals Died in 4 Years.” Time, Time, 1 Mar. 2017, time.com/4687072/cumbria-zoo-south-lakes-safari/.

Group, Scorpion Wildlife Trade Monitoring, director. Yet Another Tiger in a Bad Zoo Showing Zoochosis (Going Crazy) Symptoms. YouTube, YouTube, 8 Feb. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwgIgvLpaAo.

Naik, Bharati, and Marie-Louise Gumuchian. “Danish Zoo Kills Healthy Giraffe, Feeds Body to Lions.” CNN, Cable News Network, 10 Feb. 2014, edition.cnn.com/2014/02/09/world/europe/denmark-zoo-giraffe/index.html.

“Submission Calls for an End to Exhibiting Animals.” Vegan Australia, 30 June 2014, www.veganaustralia.org.au/submission_calls_for_an_end_to_exhibiting_animals.

“Tsinghua Not to Expel Bear-Injuring Sudent.” Tsinghua University News, 3 Sept. 2002, news.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/thunewsen/9675/2011/20110117110156696770102/20110117110156696770102_.html.

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Zoos are prisons for animals. The elephant in the cartoon is talking to the zookeeper like an inmate at a prison. Innocent animals are treated like prisoners for the entire lives, so that people can be amused by them for a short period of time. Zoos are harmful to animals, and should not exist.

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This political cartoon is making the statement that zoos can't replicate and animal's natural habitat. The elephant in the cartoon is stuffed into a small cage, while elephants in the wild are able to roam free with their herd. Zoos aren't natural; animals weren't meant to live in cages. Animals don't belong in zoos.

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Animals should not be kept in zoos because they cause animals to have mental health issues and contribute to mistreatment of animals.

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Amy woke up feeling excited. Today she and her mom were going to visit the zoo. Amy had never been to the zoo before but had heard amazing stories about it from her friends. She hastily got ready and scarfed down her breakfast. Soon she was in the car on her way to the zoo. After a 20 minute drive they finally arrived.

“Where do you want to go first?” Amy's mom asked her.

“I want to see the parrots!” Amy had already planned out which order she wanted to see the animals in. They walked over to the parrot enclosure, a small metal cage with a few branches inside. On one of the branches a large white parrot shuffled from one side of the branch to the other, swung its head around, and then repeated. “What’s wrong with that parrot mom?” Amy asked, concerned about the distressed animal.
"I’m not sure. How about we check out a different animal?” Amy’s mom suggested. Amy led them over to the lion exhibit. The enclosure was a small cage with green metal bars and a dirt floor. Inside were two lions. One lion walked repeatedly in a small circle while the other lie in the corner gnawing on the metal bars of the cage.
“There must be something wrong with the lions too. Can we go to the monkey exhibit instead?” Amy asked her mom.

“Sure” Amy's mom replied, and they walked over to the monkey enclosure. The metal cage contained a small tree, some ropes, and two monkeys. Both monkeys sat on the floor of the cage pulling at their black hair. Their arms and legs had large hairless patches on them. Amy felt distraught; were all zoos like this? These animals did not remind her of the animals she read about in textbooks and watched on animal planet.

“I think I’m ready to go home” Amy told her mom.

“We’ve only seen three exhibits? Don’t you want to go look at some more?” Amy’s mother asked, obviously confused. The zoo was all Amy could talk about the entire week before.

“I don’t know, I just thought it would be different. All of these animals seem sad. I don’t really like seeing it,” explained Amy. Soon Amy was staring out the car window as they were driving home. Amy watched as a flock of birds flew together across the sky. The birds flew happily, chirping at one another. Amy thought about the parrot she saw in the zoo all alone in it’s enclosure. That parrot would never fly as freely as those birds; none of the animals in that zoos would ever get to be as free as those birds.

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Zoe Henke - POLISHED Research Argument Essay