Advantage: Breeding
Zoos often take an active approach in helping animal populations. For dwindling species, many zoos breed captive species in an attempt to increase the numbers. After raising sufficient numbers of the populations, the animals can then be released into the wild in an attempt to encourage population growth. Many animals have been tremendously helped this way, including famous zoo residents such as the white tiger and panda bear.
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Advantages & disadvantages of keeping animals in the zoo
Written by steve johnson
Advantages & disadvantages of keeping animals in the zoo
Zoos bring wildlife right to your own back yard.
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Zoos provide a rare and unique opportunity to peer into the wild without actually travelling to distant locations around the world, searching for often very rare animals. Zoos contain a range of animals, depending on the size; some contain tons of large animals, such as giraffes, elephants, lions and even large and venomous snakes.
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Advantage: Education
One of the central advantages --- at least in terms of human advantages --- lay in the education that people receive when visiting a zoo. They receive firsthand knowledge of how animals behave and act. Most zoos also provide interactive shows with some of the animals during specific times throughout the week. Surrounding the exhibits, zoos usually have information describing the animal, its history and natural location. Learning about animals also brings empathy to many people, raising awareness about their endangerment in the wild, which can often be attributed to human causes.