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Are Zoos Good or Bad for Animals?

Zoos are pretty popular in many countries all over the world. Especially if you have children, it can be nice to go to the zoo and see many different animals. While there are many advantages of zoos, the presence of zoos also implies some problems.

The first advantage of zoos is that they enable us to see many different animals in one place. Many zoos have hundreds or even thousands of animal species. Thus, if you are an animal lover and want to see as many animals as possible in a short period, chances are that zoos will be helpful for you. Zoos are also important from an educational perspective. Frequently many people who live in big cities lose their connection to nature. For those people, it can be quite important to go to the zoo and to see all those animals to remember how important protecting our environment is. Zoos can also play a crucial role to protect many animals from endangerment or extinction.

While there are many advantages of zoos, opponents of zoos often claim that zoos only offer unnatural environments for animals. Those animals may often feel trapped since they have to stay in their cages and cannot navigate as they would in the wild. Another disadvantage is that zoos often only offer poor living conditions. Many animals are kept unnaturally and don’t get sufficient other animals from their species. Chances are that those zoo animals are much unhappier compared to animals of the same species who live in the wild. Due to the unnatural living conditions of zoos, animals are also less likely to breed in zoos. Therefore, the population of those animals may decline rather than increase in the long run.

As we can see from the discussion, zoos are a rather controversial topic. While there are many advantages to zoos, there are also many problems related to those facilities. In my opinion, keeping animals in zoos can be justifiable as long as animals are kept under rather natural conditions and are not caged in pretty confined spaces.

 Adapted from https://environmental-conscience.com/zoos-pros-cons/

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Choose the correct answer!

1. The negative effect of zoos is ...

A. To see many different animals in one place

B. To see animal in a short period

C. To remind us to protect environment well

D. To protect many animals from endangerment

E. To have unnatural environments for animals

2. The advatage of zoos is that they enable us to see many different animals in one place. They refer to ...

A. Animals

B. Zoos

C. Advantages

D. Problems

E. Zoo officers

3. Zoos can also play a crucial role to protect many animals from "endangerment* or extinction. The sysonim rndangerment is ...

A. Appear

B. Exist

C. Gone

D  Vanish

E  Disappear