Ever since I was a little girl I fell in love with animals. I was always fascinated by how diverse they were and how many species existed. My favorite part of summer vacation was spending time at zoos and Sea World looking at all of the animals. Later on, I hated going to these places and seeing the animals caged in small enclosures compared to the space they would normally live in outside of captivity. I now refuse to go to zoos or places such as Sea World. My logic was that if people stopped going to these places they would eventually close and stop having to keep animals under horrible conditions in order to make money. As I was researching this topic I found an article named "Zoos: Pitiful Prisons" by PETA
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-in-entertainment/animals-used-entertainment-factsheets/zoos-pitiful-prisons/ This looked like a very reasonable source, so I decided to use it. From this source I learned that many animals died in zoos from poor care and conditions. I then asked myself why so many animals were dying in zoos when they claim to provide services essential to the animals' survival. Many species are doing especially well on their own in the wild without human interference. Although research provides strong evidence about animals living in the wild is better, why are humans keeping species in captivity when it is not essential for their well being?
"Zoos: Pitiful Prisons." PETA. Ed. Virginia McKenna, Will Travers, and Jonathan Wray. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2016.
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