Zoo Animals Essay

Animal Captivity Tilikum, an orca whale who had been kept in captivity for thirty-three years, passed away on January 6, 2017 at SeaWorld Orlando (Sanchez, 2017). He was imprisoned his entire lifetime to entertain the public, eventually growing so frustrated he caused the deaths of three people (“Blackfish,” 2013). Despite clearly not being fit to be kept in captivity, the only freedom Tilikum found was in death. His story was made popular by the documentary “Blackfish,” which raised many…

In the Cincinnati zoo a little boy with the age of three fell into the enclosure of the 17-year-old gorilla. Some argue that the Grillo was trying to save the child, while other argue that the gorilla was actually harming him. The gorilla, named Harambe, had to grabbed the child and dragged him across the moat. Many filmed as this was happening. In the exhibit the gorilla was an endangered lowland gorilla. There are many arguments as to what happened but the hulking ape was shot down regardless…

restrictiveness of a zoo enclosure. Pi claims that an animal is no more confined in its mobility by a physical cage, than, by its survival instincts in which profoundly restrict an animal’s freedom. According to Dictionary.com, freedom is “the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint” (dictionary.com) In Life of Pi, the arisal of questions of freedom and the deprivation of Pi’s freedom are demonstrated in three distinct forms, animal freedom,…

The book Ishmael is a fictional novel about a man who finds a gorilla that teaches him all about the world and how he views our society. In Chapter 9 of the book Ishmael, the narrator comes back to visit Ishmael, a gorilla who has been his teacher for the past couple days. Normally, Ishmael is behind a glass wall but this time he is outside, sprawled out of the floor. Since the beginning of the book, Ishmael has divided humans into two categories, Takers and Leavers. Takers are members of the…

Harambe, a 440 lb western lowland gorilla occupying a small pen in the Cincinnati zoo. Many gazed at his magnificence and maybe one day wanting to share the moment that brings a smile to your face with their future family; sadly there is one big reason why that will never happen, this big reason is summed up into one big, scary word. Violence. Many people loved Harambe and wanted people to know it. There are numerous rhymes, songs, and sayings expressing people’s love and miss for the beloved…

The Animal Collector In a large enterprise building, the CEO Mr Gregory lies nonchalantly on his revolving chair covered with the lush brown coat of a grizzly bear. He was looking out into the marvelous Settle skyline through a floor-to-ceiling window when his attention was attracted to something else, it was a palm-sized specimen of an endangered mouse-lemur he had recently obtained from Madagascar placed on an elaborate stand on his desk. It had eyes just as bright and lively as it was before…

2.Briefly explain why it is important to learn the hardy-weinberg equation and what the equation allows us to study in terms of population genetics -It is important to learn it because it provides us with mathematical evidence that evolution will not occur under certain circumstances such as migration or mutation. Comparing populations to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium helps us better understand the mechanisms of evolution. With this equation, we can determine if a population is evolving. Under the…

Captive breeding and reintroduction programs are important tools for the establishment of threatened animal populations, but experimental approaches require to compare the outcomes of these programs that will increase post-release survival. The Kaiser’s Mountain Newt, Neurergus kaiseri is listed as a vulnerable by IUCN criteria, to aid about the ecology and the conservation of this species, we carried out a trial release of 20 newts reared in captivity on 4 occasions during the spring and summer…

People have learned to love the black-and-white marine icon that has been rehabilitated from a fearsome killer to the cuddly water panda they’ve become. Groc’s article, “Orca Encounters”, sparked my interest and led me to question just how humane our social and cultural traditions have become. Once killed by fishermen and believed to be a dangerous creature, the orca has grown to become the most viewed performer at SeaWorld shows. Being the largest predator held in captivity, researchers have…

I think in the world we have today, an African Elephant would live longer because Asian elephants have to carry a lot of weight, with causes stress, depression, and arthritis. Also, the population of the African elephant has about 10 to 20x more living species. The elephants do not deserve to die or to be in captivity. Research has found that 40% of tourists of the top nationalities visiting said they had been or were planning to ride an elephant, so captive elephants in Thailand gave rides…