The Pros & Cons Of Zoos
Zoos are often depicted as a terrible place for animals to live, but is there any truth to this? Read More: Sources of stress in captivity ...
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I love going to the zoo, you get to see monkeys, and lions and tigers and bears oh my! But are they really such a great thing? Hey animal lovers, Julia here for DNews I’ve loved zoos my whole life. Really. There was one I remember that made me wanna want to share how awesome animals are! Fast forward a few years and well here I am. Making videos about science and animals on the internet. But now, I’m older, wiser and really ambivalent about zoos. Zoos have changed a lot since their conception. Environments used to be basic, easy to build and didn’t provide animals with the opportunity to interact with their surroundings, which was detrimental to their health. Think of classic zoos, animals in a small cage with nothing but concrete and bars. Zoos today have changed this practice into providing “enr...
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I love going to the zoo, you get to see monkeys, and lions and tigers and bears oh my! But are they really such a great thing? Hey animal lovers, Julia here for DNews I’ve loved zoos my whole life. Really. There was one I remember that made me wanna want to share how awesome animals are! Fast forward a few years and well here I am. Making videos about science and animals on the internet. But now, I’m older, wiser and really ambivalent about zoos. Zoos have changed a lot since their conception. Environments used to be basic, easy to build and didn’t provide animals with the opportunity to interact with their surroundings, which was detrimental to their health. Think of classic zoos, animals in a small cage with nothing but concrete and bars. Zoos today have changed this practice into providing “enr...
