Are Zoos Humane?

By: Carina Barrerio and Devin Balshem

NONO

“Animals are forced to live in artificial, stressful, and downright boring conditions.” -LCA

“The zebras essentially starved to death because of insufficient or incorrect food.”-The Humane Society

ZOOCHOSIS

•BAR BITING

•CIRCLING AND PACING

Too far away from home…

A Pygmy Marmoset from the Philadelphia Zoo

SIX FLAGS DISCOVERY KINGDOM VS.

The Philadelphia

Zoo

“For example,

here, all of the big cats

are crazy trained…”-Steph the

Zoo Keeper

“ZOONOTIC DISEASES: are

diseases caused by infectious

agents that can be transmitted

between (or are shared by)

animals and humans.”- The

School of Veterinary

Medicine of Wisconsin

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Euthanasia

“Sometimes they are euthanized because their quality of life is so diminished that to allow them to continue would be inhumane.” – The Humane Society

“Animals belong in their natural habitat

in the wild.”- International Debate

Education Association