Today I have some sad news. When I lived in Reston, VA, I went to the Reston zoo. There I saw a very sad sight. There was a llama, pacing back and forth in it's cage. It turns out that an animal who is pacing back and forth is a sign of stress. If you go to a zoo with animals that are stressed out, it's not a good thing. The poor llama was also alone and in a very small cage, only big enough to turn around, and take a few steps. We never went there again.
Talking about zoos, some zoos send some of their animals to circuses. There they are beaten to do terrible tricks, like tigers jumping through flaming hoops, or elephants standing on their hind legs. But there is an eco-friendly choice. There are human circuses, that don't have any animals in them. You should support those circuses, instead of the circuses who use whips with hooks on the end, to scare the animals into doing those tricks.
Some other zoos send their animals to hunting ranches. There they are hunted and killed easily since they had lived in zoos and were accustomed to people. The animal doesn't fight or run and the hunters boast about how they killed a panda or something.
Some zoos say they help breed endangered and rare animals. Most of those zoos have animals that aren't rare or endangered.
Some zoos are great, like the San Diego Zoo in California. We should support zoos that are like the San Diego Zoo, not zoos with stressed out animals that are all alone. I like to call this looking out the green window. That's when you look to more eco-friendly choices, to save the evironment.
Did you know about a chimpanzee that was found in a dirty pit? It was hairless and had been fed rotten produce and dog food. How did the chimp get there? A zoo sold it to someone when the chimp was 3. The person obviously wasn't used to having a wild animal for a pet. People that work for PETA saved it.
Until next time,
Chiara
Talking about zoos, some zoos send some of their animals to circuses. There they are beaten to do terrible tricks, like tigers jumping through flaming hoops, or elephants standing on their hind legs. But there is an eco-friendly choice. There are human circuses, that don't have any animals in them. You should support those circuses, instead of the circuses who use whips with hooks on the end, to scare the animals into doing those tricks.
Some other zoos send their animals to hunting ranches. There they are hunted and killed easily since they had lived in zoos and were accustomed to people. The animal doesn't fight or run and the hunters boast about how they killed a panda or something.
Some zoos say they help breed endangered and rare animals. Most of those zoos have animals that aren't rare or endangered.
Some zoos are great, like the San Diego Zoo in California. We should support zoos that are like the San Diego Zoo, not zoos with stressed out animals that are all alone. I like to call this looking out the green window. That's when you look to more eco-friendly choices, to save the evironment.
Did you know about a chimpanzee that was found in a dirty pit? It was hairless and had been fed rotten produce and dog food. How did the chimp get there? A zoo sold it to someone when the chimp was 3. The person obviously wasn't used to having a wild animal for a pet. People that work for PETA saved it.
Until next time,
Chiara
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