10 Reasons Zoos Are Bad for the Planet

3. Learning about the animals:
Zoo professionals can learn more information 
about a specific animal and also teach them. People can learn about the animals 
and nature.
4. Conservation programs
: Captive breeding programs are established in zoos 
to perverse the reduced number of some animal species. This helps in 
preventing the extinction of some species.
5. Safety and security of animals:
Construction of zoos provides a safer place 
for the animals to live in and increases the chances of survival because there is 
no pollution, diseases or destruction of the animal habitats.
6. Educational resource:
Modern Zoo plays an important role in educating 
school children and families. Students visit the establishment to know about 
different types of exotic animal species.
7. Source of economic resource and revenue:
Zoo acts as a tourist attraction 
site providing economic gain to the community. It provides job opportunities to 
zoo staff and also as a source of revenue to the government.
8. Veterinary care:
Many zoos have a treatment room to examine the health of 
animals. A team of pathologists, technicians and other specialist are consulted 
to help maintain the health of animals.
9. Maintain natural instincts and movement:
Modern zoo provides proper 
dietary and arrangements of physical requirements of animals to maintain their 

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health and keep them mentally alert. This helps eliminate degradation and 
eliminate animal’s boredom in the zoo.
10. Extend animal life:
Keeping the animals captive can increase the lifespan of 
those animals.
Cons: 
 
1. Create dependencies:
Establishment of breeding programs in the zoo create 
animal dependency on the environment and makes it difficult for animals to 
adapt to a new environment if transferred.