Assessment draft 1

Zoo speech

A tiger had a happy life with his family hunting food and sleeping every day and night until one day, some poachers came and shot all of his family but he was the one only to escape. He soon fell faint of hunger and tiredness and soon, a ranger found him and transported him to a zoo, the tiger apparently didn't like it there, the floor was very hard, instead of hunting, he got fed every day and there was loads of these people that looked like the poachers were staring at him and tapping the glass, he looked around his new home and missed his old home very dearly. This story was about a tiger that was taken from his home and put in a zoo. Do you feel sorry for him? This is one reason I think zoos are not a relevant preservation.

Animals have the right to be themselves and how they were born to live. Such as wild animals like  and kangaroos, they can roam around freely but in a zoo, they wouldn't have any space to run around unlike running freely in the wild. What if they have a kid? In the wild, the parents would take care of them themselves, but in a zoo... That would be a different story. Animal breeders would take the child away from the mother and take care of it instead of the mother. How sad is that?

Some animals are too big to be kept in zoos such as animals like whales, sharks and other animals. The only way to keep them is a safari or whale watching (both are conservation reserves and natural parks). It is obvious that a zoo is not the solution to preserving animals since it doesn't have enough space to support animals.

All animals live and breed in their natural habitat because it supports the ecosystem, meat doesn't have to be bought for carnivores, they can hunt for land animals in the wild because food an water are sustainable within the ecosystem. People don't have to bring food and water at 2:00 p.m for the animals who are starving since they ate little food at 10 a.m.

Sometimes, zoos are needed for endangered animals before they are extinct, such as pandas, some frogs and Tasmanian Devil. They can be helped by scientists and breeders to reproduce and make them live. They can carry research in animal clinics and nurseries.

So what are the positive ways of preserving animals? Well, first of all, more land and natural habitats should be protected by laws for national and conservation parks such as the famous Kur-ing-gai Chase National park. Second of all, it is to prevent urban developers from cutting down the forest such as Indonesians. Imagine how many animals died because of many natural habitats destroyed.

In conclusion, zoos are not a relevant preservation for animals because it changes the animals habit, some animals are too big for them and it does not support the ecosystem. We have to respect them and give their rights back. Remember! Animals are equal to us including that tiger!