Zoos

In this podcast episode, the host reviews the concept of zoos. He initially enjoyed visiting zoos to learn about different animals but grew to feel bad for them as he learned more. The history of zoos dates back to ancient times, with rulers and aristocrats creating collections of captive animals. Modern zoos have evolved to focus on education and conservation, but they still face challenges such as lack of space for animals. The host concludes that zoos are not the best way to educate future generations about animals and gives them a rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Hello and welcome to my Enlightenment Review Podcast, where I enlighten and review human education on a five-star scale. I'm Zalen Bekochase, and today I'll be reviewing the concept of zoos. Are they educational or cool? When I was younger, one of my favorite things to learn about was all the different types of animals and species. So the best place to go is a zoo, right? I mean, why wouldn't you? There's fish, penguins, rhinos, wolves, insects, reptiles, elephants, and a yellow horse with a long neck and spots. However, the older I got, the more my love for animals grew, and with that, my knowledge also grew. I started feeling bad for the animals and wondered, what's the origin of zoos, and are they cruel to animals? According to ZooNationalGeographic.org, wall carvings found in Egypt and Mesopotamia show evidence that rulers and aristocrats created Mungerias, a collection of captive animals. This was as early as 2500 BCE. Additionally significant, Egyptians were given exotic animals like giraffes, elephants, bears, dolphins, and birds as gifts to Egyptians out of respect. This proves that humans have been capturing animals since 2500 BCE and have been giving them as gifts for millennia. Afterwards, Egyptian zoos started becoming the first modern zoos during the 19th century. The 19th century zoos are similar to the current zoos with different types of animals and historical information about them. Additionally, modern zoos are becoming more helpful because they are taking in injured animals and releasing them into the wild, or keeping them through hard health puns. However, zoos face a sad problem because of the lack of natural habitat and space that an animal needs. According to Pilopal, a website that shows statistics and data about zoos says, polar bears, lions, and tigers have much less space than if they were free, about 18,000 times less. This proves that humans are cruel to animals because they are being stuck in the same habitat for their whole lives and experiencing 18,000 times less than in the wild. In a word, after learning this information, it proved to me that humans can be divided because they can hurt animals but also be loving to them. For instance, humans will take care of an animal by helping them regain to a healthy state so they can return to the wild. They can also give an animal a home if the animal cannot return to the wild. Sadly, I also learned that humans can be harmful because they don't know how to let go and can be greedy. For example, humans can be harmful to animals because they are taking different types of animals as gifts and entertainment. Furthermore, they have breeding programs where animals can never experience their homeland. So the question I now ask myself, is our zoo the best place for education? My answer to this question is no. After learning all this information, I learned that taking the risk of hurting future animals through captivity, depression, and loss of natural habitat is not the best way to teach our future generation about animals. I give zoos 2 out of 5 stars.