Animals should be kept in zoos

My opponent says that: First of all when I mean its ok to kill animals I mean its ok to kill but humans should limit the amount they kill because humans are also part of the food chain and they have to kill some animals but they should only kill a few not a lot that they will become extinct. I will attack my opponents cases with these reasons. Will first off, my opponent is actually agreeing with my argument saying that Zoos kill animals. Well Since that happened my argument still stands. Now going on to attack my opponent other case: My opponent said: As in the resources above zoos help animals who are injured, lost of habitat, or poachers. In the world now elephants have been traded for there ivory. Studies also showed that animals kept in captivity live a more longer lifespan then how they would do out there in the wild life. Well first off, i have eight sites in which animals are treated poorly and have been used for entertainment while being abused severely. Here are the sites: http://www.peta.org... This site explains that animals in zoos are treated poorly as for entrainment and a loss of space http://www.animalequality.net... This site explains that animals have lost their freedoms because of zoos. http://www.liberationphotography.org... This site explains how animals suffer in zoos and gives many specific examples. http://www.petaasiapacific.com... This site is saying that animals are behind bars everyday in zoos as prisoners and shouldn't be behind bars http://www.sfgate.com... This site explains that Animals suffer in zoos. This destroyed my opponents first argument. My opponent also says that: True that they do kill and sell them and trade, but don't forget zoos and sanctuaries are basically but sanctuaries give more space, but zoos do not harm animals rapidly as how a poacher would. Zoos do beneficial things for animals like breeding programs, animal donations, Help injured animals who are on the verge of extinction. Zoos are educational to people and lets them see animals up close so scientist are able to make studies easily without going to another country. Well first of this again shows you that my opponent agrees with my argument saying that zoos kill animals and sell them. But first of he contradicts himself agains saying that zoos do not harm animals. Well, in the beginning he just admitted that zoos do kill animals. So my opponents second arguments fails to stand. But my opponent also says that Zoos are educational to people but first off, http://www.psychologytoday.com... explains that Zoos do not accomplish what they claim such as educational purpose. Fail, Zoos are not educational but instead read the site. My Opponent also says: .Like I said from before its ok to kill them but not like a lot each day that they would become extinct. And yes of course it could unbalance the food chain in many ways if animals like tigers are decreasing there would be more and more of there prey and it unbalances the food chain. Well that argument is kind of saying that we should keep animals in zoos. Well, first off their are sanctuaries which is part of my plan which Sancuraries are better and more efficient and have other better purposes than zoos which basically destroys my opponents third and fourth argument. My Opponent also says that: Zoos help people find animal easier without traveling and are good friends with zookeepers. You must be mistakend for a farm. First off, well as i said there are other ways to find animals such as GOOGLE.... Well you could take a picture and look at it from GOOGLE images and YOUTUBE. While watching the animal like it is in real life. Youtube is basically like looking at an animal at a zoo. Since my opponent arguments no longer stand, I'll go over my case.... My first argument is that: Contention 1: Zoos harm animals http://www.veganpeace.com...... The animals who live there are kept in cages that don't allow them to live their lives in a natural way such as move around like in the wild. No matter how big some zoos try to make the enclosures, no matter how many branches they put in them, no matter how beautiful they make the background paintings on the wall, they don't compare with the natural habitat the animals were meant to be in. Zoo animals have to spend day after day, week after week, year after year in the exact same enclosure. This makes their lives very sad and boring. It is not a good way to keep animals like that. It cruelty to keep animals in cages for their whole life. Animals in zoos are forced to live in artificial, stressful, and really boring conditions. Removed from their natural habitats and social structures, they are confined to small, restrictive environments that deprive them of mental and physical stimulation says http://www.lcanimal.org....... Moreover, while zoos generally claim to take in only the neediest of animals, most of the animals in zoos are not endangered, orphaned, or injured at all. A great many are captured from the wild. Those that are in breeding programs seemed destined for a life in captivity, for they are accustomed to an artificial environment where food, shelter, and protection from predators are provided for them. Natural conditions such as climate, habitat, and feeding cannot be properly recreated, and zoos lack sufficient space to reproduce a natural Brown bearenvironment, provide a normal social equilibrium of the species, or maintain a healthy gene pool ordered by natural selection. Zoos thus compromise captive animals" chances of successful introduction into the wild. Additionally, there may be no wilderness left for zoo-bred animals, as humans are destroying their natural habitat at such an alarming rate. The only way to realistically stop extinction is to preserve the world"s habitat and ecosystems. Impact: What if you were caught in the wild and was sent to a caged home in where you have to live their the rest of your life? It cruel just like the animals Well first off in my opponent last speech he admits that Zoos kill animals and trade or sell them which Basically means that my argument is still staring and this is why you should vote for me.....