Wild Animals in Captivity pdf download

Wild Animals in Captivity by Rob Laidlaw

Wild Animals in Captivity Rob Laidlaw ebook
Page: 48
ISBN: 9781554553884
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited
Format: pdf

Keeping captive animals, wild or domestic, presents dangers for both the captive animals and the public. Animals in zoos are forced to live in artificial, stressful, and downright boring compromise captive animals' chances of successful introduction into the wild. But not everyone agrees with his assessment. In this article, I will give a brief overview of where captive wild animals are in the United States, how they are proliferating, and who owns them. Do you have a passion for wild animals? Proponents of zoos like to claim that zoos protect species from extinction— seemingly a noble goal. Do you wonder how to turn that enthusiasm into a career? Express your opinion about whether wild animals should be in captivity or whether they should roam free. Information about keeping wild animals in captivity — a practice that is generally not allowed in Ontario. Life for these animals is a mere shadow of what it was in the wild. The keeping of wild animals in zoos. Zoos will be forced to stop breeding and capturing more animals from the wild if their financial support disappears. So the real question becomes whether a domesticated or captive animal is more, less, or as happy in the moment as its wild counterpart. Bonnie said: 4 ½ starsThis may be Juvenile Literature but it affected me deeply. Wild Animals in Captivity has 19 ratings and 7 reviews. The nature of this captivity dooms marine mammals to misery. Captivity can be used as a generalizing term to describe the keeping of either domesticated animals (livestock and pets) or wild animals. Peter Singer: The killing of a SeaWorld trainer by an orca ought to make us rethink keeping animals in captivity for human amusement. Certain behavioural patterns can be observed among captive wild animals that indicate their needs are not being met. Very few federal laws protect the millions of wild animals who live in captivity in aquariums, circuses, theme parks, and zoos in the U.S.