...Dangers of Exotic Pets Pets can be good companions to humans, but there should be a line that should never be crossed. Exotic animals have become very popular, but they are also dangerous in so many ways. The dangers are not only for the owners of exotic animals, but also for the general public. Disease is also one of the main concerns regarding exotic pets that can affect everyone. Exotic animals are attractive and wonderful creatures, but they are dangerous when people turn them into pets and raise them in captivity for that reason they should never be pets. Exotic animals do not make good pets as they require especial care that cannot be provided when they are raised in captivity. They are wild animals that deserve to be free, and not caged in small cages. Taking care of all the necessities these animals need would be impossible as they are not being raised on their natural habitat, and this is not only cruel but also abusive because it causes stress to the animals. Dr. Jennifer Conrad is the veterinarian that started the paw project, and in her documentary she brings to light the truth about declawing not only exotic cats but domestic cats as well. Declawing cats cripples them for life, and the cats are in constant pain. Dr. Conrad states on her...
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...Most people don't know that holding animals in captivity causes aggression from the animals toward people. Animals are meant to be wild and free not held up in a cage that they don't want to be in. Animals should not be scientifically tested on. This could lead to death or severe damage to the animals. Holding animals in captivity makes them a lot more aggressive. However some would say that captivity keeps animals away from danger or aggression toward other animals. There are a lot of good reasons not to hold these poor animal in captivity and I found many of them in these articles. If animals were meant to be in captivity then why were they born in the wild? Animals are meant to live wild and free like they deserve. Animals aren't just for...
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...Captivity Industry In my opinion there is no doubt that marine animals should not be held in captivity. Marine mammals are a part of nature and should not be bought, sold or thrown in an aquarium. I believe that they have the right to be kept in their natural environment. There are many convincing reasons to support this opinion. Captivity causes many health problems in marine mammals. Many tanks have water full of chemicals and bacteria; these results in blindness and many skin problems in dolphins and other marine mammals. Marine mammals in captivity die from pneumonia, ulcers and other stress related diseases. Most of these helpless creatures suffer from boredom. Dolphins in the wild can swim from 40-100 miles per day but in pools they go around swimming in repetitive patterns. Due to boredom and limited space many dolphins abuse themselves; they often bang their heads against tank and aquarium walls. Some of these poor innocent creatures face abusive treatment by their caretakers, thus shortening their lifespan. In fact Keiko, the killer whale, the star of Free Willy, was a victim of this type of abuse. Marine mammals breed very poorly in captivity with very high infant death rates. For this reason, when a baby dolphin is born into captivity its birth is usually kept a secret from its mother until it shows signs of survival. Marine mammals do breed in captivity, but the birth rate in captivity is not as successful as in the wild. Many people think that marine...
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...marine wildlife. The MLP houses 25 indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins as well. There will also be a whale shark exhibit at the MLP. However, before the opening of the MLP, there have already been issues and concerns being raised by the public and some animal welfare organizations, with regards to the captivity of these dolphins and the whale sharks. As animal captivity has been a controversial issue over the past years, an issue that undoubtedly concerns the public and animal welfare organizations (such as SPCA and ACRES) is that RWS seems to only be bringing these dolphins for amusement to the public, henceforth generating more profits when RWS’s dolphin shows become popular. The question is – is RWS doing anything about the public’s comments towards its actions? Is RWS really excessively importing these bottlenose dolphins for the money or for the greater good of its species? Another issue that the public has with RWS housing the whale shark exhibit is that whale sharks, which are being held in captivity, have low survival rates due to various reasons, such as limited captive space, stress from being unaccustomed to captive life and so on. Surprisingly, after SPCA, ACRES and other NGOs launched a “Say No to Whale Sharks in Captivity” campaign in response to the whale shark exhibit at the MLP, RWS announced to the press that it would not proceed with the exhibit, for the sole purpose of conservation of this species. On one hand, it would seem dubious to the public that RWS had...
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...into a man-eating beast that has been taken out of its’ natural habitat and placed behind bars. Seeing these animals trapped and put on display for a profit ruins the fun and raises question as to who is responsible for thinking that animal cruelty for profit was a good idea. Gabriela Cowperthwaite exposes the corporate company of SeaWorld in her documentary Blackfish for their negligence to animal captivity and allowing the attacks of innocent people to continue to happen. Along with the theme of animal cruelty, Jurassic World also portrays the company as reckless in pursuit of money and greed. Both...
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... Date of Submission: 03 / 16 / 2014 Title of Assignment: Legal, Ethical & Social Values on Having Animals In Captivity CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledge and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas of words, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student Signature: ___________________________ ******************************************* Instructor’s Grade on Assignment: Instructor’s Comments: I. Introduction II. Legal Section A. Licensing Requirements B. Accommodation C. Nutrition D. Sanitation and Disease Control E. Veterinary Care F. General Welfare G. Safety and Security H. Operations III. Ethics Section A. Utilitarian Ethical Analysis B. Kantian Ethical Analysis C. Aristotelian Ethical Analysis IV. Social Responsibility Section V. Conclusion VI. References ABSTRACT Animals are one of the most important things in my life, I have dedicated and I will dedicate my life to animals. This is why this paper is so important for me, but I am sure it is also same as important to the world. Now a days Animals in captivity is something that people is staring at more, they are starting to realize that there is nothing moral or ethical...
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...depression caused by their captivity. In all reality, one can never truly understand these animals and what they feel and think; one can only guess. In the poem “Panther,” Rainer Rilke makes her guess pertaining to what an animal feels in captivity in his piece about a panther that is going through tough times in his cage. She begins the poem with, His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else. It seems to him there are a thousand bars; and behind the bars, no world. (1-4) Even though Rilke’s introductory thought may only be a guess, her idea that such an amazing animal can be, for all intensive purposes, in clinical depression is worth taking another look at. What if he is right, and all the zoos and parks in the world are just prison cells for these innocent creatures to just sit and rot? To even come close to a solution, one must go to the very basics of the issue. What gives humans the right to imprison these animals; animals who deserve better than to sit in a small enclosure with thousands of eyes staring at them on a daily basis? It is said that these so called wildlife parks or zoos and aquariums serve multiple purpose; that they are helping making groundbreaking discoveries on the understanding of the animals, educating those who come to visit, and the supposed conservation of animals. But for some reason, those objectives and the manner of achieving them are not up to par. How long one animal last with constant...
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...Dolphins Belong to the Wild-- Captivity Harms Them The essay “Orca Encounters” discusses how much humans can help the orcas when they are separated from their family and arrive at our coasts. Should we send them back their pods, or just let them interact with humans? In the text, some experts believe it’s better to let the orcas stay, because the social interaction that the orcas are seeking can be made up by humans, so they may not be interested in returning back. Many other experts believe that the solitary orcas belong to their family, and it’s improper to keep them from returning. Also, the text mentions more scientists agree that “any reunion of wayward cetacean with its pod should happen quickly”(Groc 162). However, there isn’t an example of other cetaceans, and the text doesn’t give any detailed information about what scientists have studied to reach the agreement above. For instance, solitary dolphins are even more common to see than solitary orcas, and many of them have been captured because their kindness and cleverness make people keep them, even though many studies show captivity does harm to the dolphins. Fitness of the dolphins is influenced the most during captivity. As the environment has changed after being captured, dolphins’ emotions have also changed. “[The captivity of dolphins] causes desperation because their basic instincts are obstructed, obviating millions of years of ingrained behavior”(Rivera). Rivera states that mother dolphins take care of...
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...there to educate and preserve endangered animals while performing beneficial research, but that is not entirely true. The actual truth behind the scenes of most zoos, not all zoos, is very sad and ugly. I will never visit or support another zoo now that I am aware of how those animals have to live when kept in captivity. Zoos are prisons for wild and exotic animals that deserve to be free. The first reason I am against zoos is because of the fact that they are not fully committed to the well-being of the wild and exotic animals they inhabit. I agree with the “Last Chance for Animals Organization” when they said, “While zoos claim to provide conservation, education, and entertainment, their primary goal is to sustain public support in order to increase profits” (“Zoos”). It is a fact that many zoos are aware that baby animals attract crowds so they breed their animals frequently for the sole purpose of making more money (“Animal”). Once these cute babies start to grow up, zoos very sadly begin to discard of them in various ways (“Zoos”). This only shows that zoos are in fact putting profit, entertainment, and the creation of new attractions above the well-being of their animals. Zoos are also guilty of choosing big animals that are charming and appealing over the smaller and less favored ones in hopes of drawing larger crowds (“Animal”). According to PETA, “The zoo community regards the animals it keeps as commodities, and animals are regularly bought, sold, borrowed, and...
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...large and powerful animal like any other wild animal, they can be unpredictable. Killer whales are beautiful creatures. The experience of seeing a killer whale for the first time is breath taking. My grandparents took me to SeaWorld in Orlando was I was 8, and after seeing a killer whale I was hooked. After going back many times it influenced me to want to become a whale trainer. As years have gone on I have learned killer whales in SeaWorld means they are in captivity. Why are these amazing animals spending their whole lives in a small swimming pool? Killer whales have been taken out of their habitats and put into captivity for research to be done on these amazing animals. An associate director of the Environmental Group Earth Island Institute Mark Berman says trying to incarcerate an animal as large as a killer whale or an animal with a large brain it’s proven it does not work (Pete). These killer whales need the freedom to travel wherever they’d like, not to have a routine day after day for the whole lives. The killer whales swimming in pools of aquariums builds frustration and aggression. Lori Marino is a neuroscientists says when whales in captivity are thrown with other whales that are no in their pods it could result in hyper aggression (Blackfish). Killer whales are meant to be free in the ocean swimming with their pods and families, not to be separated and used as show animals or research animals. Many people believe orcas should be in captivity for educational and...
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...people wait in ongoing lines to visit their favorite animal they only get to see on television. Little do they know, they are feeding into another reality. It is a reality of unfairness, cruelty, and depression. The animals in captivity get no chance to live the way they were born to live. They are held in tiny, small spaces only for the luxury of humans, with no regards to the animals’ natural wants. Zoos and Aquariums are inhumane and have nothing but negative effects on the animals being held. Animals that are held in Zoos and Aquariums do not get fair treatment nor freedom. The author of “Death and Dying At The Zoo,” Mary P. Benbow, uses a very powerful quote in her article to explain this. “Once an animal enters a zoo, it is essentially dead. Stripped of its behavior, social context and ecological milieu, a lion is no longer a lion, but a bag of DNA waiting for its next meal, a chance to copy its DNA or death,” (381). Visitors of the Zoos and Aquariums are beginning to become aware of this struggle. Barbra Woods, and author of the article called “Good Zoo/Bad Zoo: Visitor Experiences in Captive Settings” explains how people felt when they went to...
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...Ever since I was a little girl I have always had a love for marine animals. When asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always answered with a SeaWorld trainer. Of course I never realized how controversial captivity was. This topic has raised some eyebrows of officials and even me. After seeing the “Blackfish” documentary, my opinion about Killer Whales and Sea World in general have completely flip flopped. I believe it is selfish for humans to keep killer whales in captivity where they don’t belong. There are many differences between Killer Whales in captivity compared to those in the wild. According to “Sea World of Hurt” Killer whales in captivity have shorter life spans and many complications. Killer Whales in the wild have a life...
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...To start it off, living in captivity harms them. There are some many animals that have died in captivity because of how they were treated, or even get extremely sick! To further illustrate this, “In 2010, a CAPS undercover investigator filmed sick animals left untreated and dead animals to rot on floors at Tweddle Farm Zoo,” stated CAPS (Captive Animal Protection Society). This shows how zoos actually treat animals. They let them become sick, to a point where they DIE. You might be thinking, well, duh they die in zoos, all animals die! Well, all these animals that I am talking about are dying prematurely, earlier than they should. Along with the illnesses they get, they also don't have enough room. “The pools at Marine World for the orcas are...
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...“Captivity Kills Orcas” by Naomi Rose Naomi Rose shows the harmful effects that orcas are faced with by living in captivity in her essay, “Captivity Kills Orcas”. She discusses that captivity is not only bad for the orcas but also for the trainers. Three trainers were killed by the most famous orca at seaworld, Tilikum. Rose does a good job at explaining why orcas should not be held in captivity but fails to discuss how orcas got there or why Seaworld is now not forcing orcas to bread. The astonishing documentary, “Blackfish” is mentioned in Rose’s essay because it was the start to the outstanding media attention on how Seaworld handled the orcas. The documentary shows Seaworld workers stealing orca babies from their mothers and separating...
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...weight, muscle tone, respiratory efficiency, strength and heart rate. While our whales do not live the same lifestyle as their wild counterparts, this difference does not translate to negative welfare of these animals” (SeaWorld 1) Many visitors witness the captive orcas interacting with trainers and performing tricks and feel as though the orcas live active and healthy lives. They believe that captive orcas are as content as their wild counterparts, despite...
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