Wild animals should not be kept in zoos

Zoos are not safe places for animals. They die from swallowed debris, thrown in by humans. These animals can't escape from fires, floods, and earthquakes. The people working at zoos don't know enough about the animals. A Ohio zoo starved a bear to death because they believed she hibernated. Animals are often kept in bare concrete pits because the laws are very lax. The diet they feed the animals are bad for them too. Elephants and zebras have exhibited obesity and all the health problems that come with it. How is any of that safe? Sources http://abcnews.go.com... http://www.captiveanimals.org... http://www.huffingtonpost.ca... https://www.thedodo.com... http://bigcatrescue.org... Animals would not need a vet if they weren't in captivity. They often display neurotic behavior such as pacing, self mutilation, biting, rocking, swaying etc. People have only observed this obsessive behavior in captive animals. Vets prescribe antidepressants and anti psychotics because being in captivity caused these animals to be driven insane. The medicine they are developing can only be used on zoo animals because this prolonged distress is only common in zoo animals. Most zoos deny there is anything abnormal in their mannerisms at all. Sources http://www.captiveanimals.org... http://www.bornfree.org.uk... https://www.thedodo.com... Safaris are not much better than regular zoos. At night they lock their animals in tiny stalls they can't turn around in. They leave rotting animals corpses in garbage bins. They like many other zoos sell their unwanted animals to circus' and other zoos. They are responsible for human deaths as well Sources http://www.dailymail.co.uk... http://www.theguardian.com... http://www.animalaid.org.uk... http://www.captiveanimals.org... Zoos breed the reticulated giraffe even though it's not endangered. They do this because giraffes are popular at zoos. Zoos are a business. There are 16,938 threatened species that real conservation societies are protecting. If zoos were truly interested in helping they would not be taking animals out of the wild as they are still doing. 70% of elephants are caught from the wild. Sources http://www.captiveanimals.org... http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org... http://www.earthtimes.org... http://www.conbio.org... Petting zoos often have young animals in them. Baby animals that were ripped away from their mothers, so they can handled by humans. Their keepers have to shake them awake because like all babies, they want to sleep. If they are older they try to get away because they don't want to be touched. It's also dangerous for both humans and animals. The animals may injure people because they are afraid. Diseases can easily spread from animals to humans. The Center of Disease Control states the highest threat diseases are zoonotic. These are all zoonotic diseases salmonella, HIV, tuberculosis, West Nile virus, Lyme disease, etc. Wild life professionals carry cards in their wallets to indicate that they might have been exposes to zoonotic diseases. Zoonotic: Pertaining to a zoonosis: a disease that can be transmitted from animals to people or, more specifically, a disease that normally exists in animals but that can infect humans. http://www.medterms.com... Sources http://bigcatrescue.org... https://www.aza.org... http://www.wormsandgermsblog.com...