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Zoos are sometimes seen as necessary but poor alternative to a natural
environment. Is it necessary to keep animals in zoos?
In the modern society, zoos are almost indispensable places in large cities
for people to visit. In some large zoos, there are various animals from space to
sea, and from primitive invertebrates to advanced and intelligent mammals. In
the zoos, all animals, including those rare animals, such as panda, Africa
elephant, and North-East tiger, could enjoy good care and protection away from
any hurt. However, along with the stronger natural environmental protection
consciousness, many people think that to put animals into small cages will
change their living instincts, and therefore break the ecological balance.
Viewed from the basic relations between animals and human beings, animals
should have the equal freedom with human beings. They are all forms of life.
Animals have their own living instinct, and it is this instinct that forms the
biological chain of the Earth. This relation is called “Ecological Balance”
academically. For example, insect—bird—snake. If most birds in a region are
killed and locked into cages by human beings, the pests will eat out all crops,
and snakes will lose a large part of food (bird)-resources, therefore leading to
starvation and death.
This opinion sounds ideal theoretically. However in reality, human beings
and other animals cannot stay together peacefully on the Earth. Because of human
beings‘ lust for fortune, many valuable animals are killed or sold, especially
those endangered species. Therefore, zoos appear as an active way for people to
protect those poor animals. First, this is an action not only for animals but
also for human being itself. Once the biological chain is broken, human beings
will be punished inevitably. Next, zoos can serve a purpose of educating and
entertaining people, narrowing the distance between human beings and animals.
Last, zoos can be a scientific study center to rescue more endangered spices and
make animals better serve people’s need.
The key point of this topic is freedom or protection. In my opinion, those
two aspects can be unified. It is necessary to keep animals in zoos for the
purpose of protection, teaching and study. Let‘s think it further, the purpose
of all these actions is to make animals live happier, therefore, maintain the
ecological balance, hence protect our own living environment.
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发表于 2016-7-10 15:24:37