Is it morally and ethically sound to hold animals captive for human benefit?

EPQ Introduction: In recent years, there has been huge controversy as to whether keeping animal’s captive is acceptable, but very little has been done in changing the situation. I often see news articles about how poorly animals are treated in zoos, aquariums and in labs, it appals me that no action is taken and some of the most powerful people in the world look over this issue that I and so many others strongly disagree with. Zoo:   • An establishment which maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park or gardens, for study, conservation, or display to the public.   • A park like area in which live animals are kept in cages or large enclosures for public exhibition. Captivity:   • The state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved, or confined.   • The situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere and not allowed to leave. Zoochosis:   • Stereotypical behaviour often shown by animals in captivity. Stereotypica...

Ethics of animals in zoos Are zoos exploiting animals for profit? Are they prisons for wild animals? Does the need for species conservation outweigh the costs to individual animal welfare? These are some of the question zoos face as they try to respond to the criticism from animal rights groups and justify their existence to a public increasingly concerned about the welfare of captive animal s In the wild, animals may roam for hundreds of miles, hunt their prey, raise their children, explore, play and enjoy complex social relationships. in zoos, their lives are restricted to four walls. The confinement and lack of stimulation often result in abnormal and self-destructive behaviour, known as “zoochosis” – for example, pacing, walking in tight circles, rocking, swaying or mutilating themselves. Zookeepers sometimes give the animals anti-depressants, tranquilisers or anti-psychotic drugs to try to conceal their distress.

Gathering data documentary: Blackfish based on Tilikum  male orca largest orcas in captivity (22 feet) dyeing of chronic lung infection  in SeaWorld showed sighs of zoochosis died the summer of 2015 in the wild orcas live 80 years, males live up to 100 years in captivity they live 7 years 2007 

How different animals behave in their natural environments veers captivity.     Use different environments 1.      Rain-forests  2.      Desert  3.      Grassland  4.      Marine 5.   zoos 6.   safari  7.   aquariums Ethics of animals in labs                 http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/animals/using/experiments_1.shtml Ethics of animals in zoos                 https://www.avma.org/news/javmanews/pages/021201d.aspx Ethics of animals in safaris                 https://www.lessonslearnedabroad.com/blog/are-safaris-ethical Aquarium ethics                 https://www.gvi.co.uk/blog/ethics-aquariums-sea/     Compare the overall...

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