https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5 Zoos and aquariums need to provide their animals with better living conditions. en-us 2019-02-25 14:26:26 UTC 2019-03-20 13:36:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/334862933 Orca whales are being taken out of their natural habitat and forced to do tricks and entertain people at marine parks. This highlights that they are mistreated and that putting them in aquariums is unfair because they don't have adequate space to move and it wrongly portrays them as creatures that do tricks and flips, when in reality they just like to swim and be free in the wild.]]> 2019-02-25 14:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/334862933 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335150643 Animals in zoos like tigers often do not have enough space to move and roam like they would in the wild. This highlights that zoos need to give their animals more room and provide them with better living conditions because they are used to the vast amount of territory they have in the wild, making even a larger cage at a zoo much too small to keep an animal that is used to roaming freely all day.]]> 2019-02-26 00:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335150643 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335152823 It is far too common to mistreat animals in zoos due to carelessness and lack of regulations. This shows that zoos need to start treating their animals better because not treating them properly puts them at a faster rate of endangerment and extinction, and it gives animals in captivity much shorter of a lifetime than average.]]> 2019-02-26 00:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335152823 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335367407 Even though the tank this whale is in is most likely temporary and it probably has a larger one where it spends the majority of its time, it is still much too small for an orca. This shows that aquariums and marine parks need to take into account the full needs of their aquatic life because even a larger tank is too small for a whale of any kind - they need the ocean, and putting a highly intelligent and socially complex animal in a small tank is imprisoning it.]]> 2019-02-26 14:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335367407 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335372698 Many animals in zoos like this tiger are found pacing their cages out of boredom, because their enclosures are too small for them and they have nothing to do. This highlights that zoos need to treat their animals much better because they cannot roam and hunt like their instinct tells them to - they can feel useless and tired with nothing to do all day, sometimes causing their health to plummet and experiencing distress.]]> 2019-02-26 14:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335372698 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335377832 In zoos, lions and other animals of prey cannot hunt and instead are fed by zookeepers. This shows that zoos are unfair to animals and should create better environments for them because lions are used to hunting for food since it is their natural instinct - when they are unable to do that they lose what makes them threatening, dangerous, and unique. ]]> 2019-02-26 14:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335377832 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335681664 The elephant in the video experiences boredom and psychological distress because it does not have enough space to move and roam like it's supposed to in the wild. This highlights that animals in zoos are mistreated and abused because animals like elephants obtain injuries from their enclosures and can get mental illnesses, which would not occur if they were left to be free in the wild. ]]> 2019-02-26 23:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335681664 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335904700 This article argues that one advantage of zoos is that it protects endangered species and helps restore their numbers and make sure they stay out of extinction. Although this is true, the reality is that most species of animals in zoos are not endangered and actually have completely healthy numbers in the wild. This highlights that zoos should not keep animals in captivity because while it might help some, far more animals are hurt by the practice instead.]]> 2019-02-27 14:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335904700 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335906637 Sources like PETA have argued that putting animals in captivity limits their natural behavior, causing physical and mental problems. This highlights that zoos must take action and give the animals they're responsible for better lives because they develop health issues, which can limit their life spans and make them lash out on zookeepers and visitors, being a danger to everyone.]]> 2019-02-27 14:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/335906637 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/336688346 Putting whales, dolphins, and other highly intelligent aquatic animals in marine parks is cruel to them because they are separated from their families and get psychological problems and mental illnesses. This shows that putting these marine animals in marine parks is harmful to them and causes them to be distressed and even to behave violently, which would not happen if marine parks took better care of them and/or released them.]]> 2019-02-28 23:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/336688346 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/337291437 While some say that zoos should still be running because they are fun to visit, the animals themselves are sad and miserable. In the article, the sentence, "Zoos are imprisoning animals who want to be free," is true because it is not ethical to keep them cramped up in cages when they would much rather be free.]]> 2019-03-03 23:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/337291437 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/338618877 Although zoos have been around for centuries, people now are becoming more aware of the negative effects they have on animals' lives - like being bred when they don't need to be and being abused without any defense. This highlights that zoos need to care better for animals because they are being poisoned and starved, and many visitors aren't even very interested in the majority of enclosures, showing that zoos are not needed.]]> 2019-03-06 21:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/338618877 1052181 https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/343307841 Even though the conditions of animals in marine parks have slightly improved, they still do not come close to what creatures such as belugas and orcas are used to in the wild, like having a vast ocean to swim in, their ability to hunt for food, and being with their families. This shows that public attraction places like marine parks need to rethink how they treat their animals because while they might mean well, it really is not entirely fair to the mammals.]]> 2019-03-20 13:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1052181/lq32jmuoshm5/wish/343307841