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Zoos and aquariums are not humane and moral industries and bring disaster to animals. Locking animals in small places or tanks is an unreasonable action that deprives animals’ basic rights and freedom. These places bring negative effects on animals’ mental and physical health. Trichotillomania (repetitive hair plucking) and regurgitation (the practice of repetitively vomiting, and eating the vomit) are common in zoos, and animals become deviant. Some immorality zoos do illegal animal tests and experiments in their labs or sell their animals to do these tests to get huge profits. In some poor developing countries such as India, Laos and Africa, the illegal hunting rate increases a lot in recent years. The reason is people can sell these animals to zoos or aquariums in countries that do not have mature animal protection acts. Also, many zoos still have animal performances which bring more injure to these animals and make these animals crazy and irritable. Most animals can not bear high-intensity training; more and more animals attack trainers and cause great damage in these years. Zoos and aquariums do not provide benefits to the next generation; the data and research reports show that zoos and aquariums do not bring positive education experience but bring a negative effect on children. The studies show that children may get wrong values about animals and nature after visit zoos. The animal protection and environmental organizations need to advocate the whole world to build mature legal systems to defend animals’ rights. The best way to protect animals is to reduce human interferences to animals’ natural homeland and respect them as humans.

Hyperlinks:

https://www.addaong.org/en/we-denounce/zoos-are-like-prisons/

Zoos: Pitiful Prisons

Title : Zoos and Aquariums are unethical prisons

Introduction

Thesis: Zoos and aquariums are bad for animals, and these places bring negative effects on their mental and physical health. Increase illegal hunting and  experiment.

Argument 1

The unfair treatment in the zoos let many animals get mental problems and become illness.

Counter Argument

Zoos and aquariums protect animal diversity and prevent animal extinction.

Argument 2

Some immorality zoos do animal experiments and abuse drugs on these animals.

Counter argument

Some scholars think that it is necessary to do animal experiment because these experiments might let people improve science theories or new technology. It is necessary to do animal experiments.

Argument 3

Zoos let illegal hunting become more popular in some poor areas such as India and Africa.

Counter argument

Zoos and aquariums are not the most significant reason of the increasing of illegal hunting.

Conclusion

Zoos and aquariums need to be closed because they bring many negative effects on animals’ mental and physical health.

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Argument

Zoos let illegal hunting become more popular in some poor areas such as India and Africa. People in theses countries are living under the poverty line, and illegal hunting bring huge income to them. As a result, many young people in these countries are doing illegal hunting business. It is also make these areas turbulent and unsafe because most of these people have illegal guns to provoke animal protectors and volunteers.

Argument
Some immorality zoos do animal experiments and abuse drugs on these animals. To saving costs, some people build labs in developing countries’ zoos. The reason is most of these countries do not have laws to protect animals and local law enforcement officers can be bribery easily.

Sources:

https://slate.com/technology/2014/06/animal-madness-zoochosis-stereotypic-behavior-and-problems-with-zoos.html

Illegal Poaching in Africa

Illegal hunting threatens iconic animals across Africa’s great savannas, especially predators

I. Thesis
Zoos and aquariums are bad for animals, and these places bring negative effects on their mental and physical health. Also, locking animals in small places or tanks is an unreasonable action that deprives animals’ basic rights and freedom.

II. Argument 1
The unfair treatment in zoos let many animals get mental problems and become an illness. For example, Trichotillomania (repetitive hair plucking), regurgitation (the practice of repetitively vomiting and eating the vomit) are also common in zoos. The reason is replicating animals’ wildlife is impossible, so these animals become deviant.
I. Counter Argument
Zoos and aquariums protect animal diversity and prevent animal extinction.

II. Argument 2
Some immorality zoos do animal experiments and abuse drugs on these animals. To saving costs, some people build labs in developing countries’ zoos. The reason is most of these countries do not have laws to protect animals and local law enforcement officers can be bribery easily.
I. Counter argument
Some scholars think that it is necessary to do animal experiments because these experiments might let people improve science theories or new technology. It is necessary to do animal experiments.

III. Argument 3
Zoos let illegal hunting become more popular in some poor areas such as India and Africa. People in these countries are living under the poverty line, and illegal hunting brings huge income to them. As a result, many young people in these countries are doing illegal hunting business. It also makes these areas turbulent and unsafe because most of these people have illegal guns to provoke animal protectors and volunteers.
I. Counter argument
Zoos and aquariums are not the most significant reason for the increase in illegal hunting. The illegal wildlife product such as Ivory, crocodile skin, velvet antler, and pangolin are the “crime culprit”.

V. Conclusion
Zoos and aquariums need to be closed because they bring many negative effects on animals’ mental and physical health. Also, animal experiments and abuse of drugs are common in zoos. At the same time, zoos and aquariums cause illegal hunting increasing. In conclusion, lock animals in zoos and aquariums is an immorality action.

Animals should not stay in the zoo because zoos bring many negative effects on their mental health. The lack of natural environment and stimulation make these animals overeat, oversleep and have bad emotion. Scholars define these action of animals as “zoochosis” which refer to psychological problems that animals have in captivity. For example, biting, rocking, swaying and head bobbing.

source: https://www.leviathanproject.us/zoos-2

In my opinion, Laura Fathauer’s help us understand user-generated content and technology. This technology is very helpful and we can use it to solve some old cease such as murder or missing and other crimes. Also, she shows many old photos and the early pictures of Columbus and libraries. I never see these photos before and I think they are fantastic. I will use the technology she introduces in this presentation because it can help us solve many problems that we think it is impossible to get answers.

1. Time and tasks management

This class introduces some tools and tips can help us manage our time efficiently. The most important thing we need to create a schedule, and I think the study manager is a good app. We can add our plan in detail such as when, where, who and which class we will study at that time. Also, it pushes notifications when the task starts. For the long-term plan, I recommend Trello. You can have a different list of what you are doing now, what you have done, and what you will do. These apps increase learning efficiency and reminder us of the assignments’ deadline.

2. Goal setting

Before this class, I also have many goals but only a few of them can be achieved. For example, I set a goal to achieve a good GPA and read more books every semester, but I even do not know what the measurement of “good” and “more”. This class introduces that we need to set SMART goals which means the goals must be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. As a result, I set new goals for the summer semester. Also, the main idea is to achieve academic success. I plan to read one hour before sleep, do statistics problems two hours per day and write weekly plans every Sunday. At the end of the summer semester, I wan to get an “A” for the statistics class.

3.  Find the credible resources

Most of us use Google to research, but when we need to find some professional articles, google may not the best choice. For the short and quick answer questions, we can just put keywords and search. However, some personal blogs or unreliable websites may not provide the right information. We need to research during online classes because we need to spend more time to understand the course materials when we can not talk with our professors immediately. As a result, if we need the most creditable and professional articles, it is better to use school libraries and databases.

References

Hosey, G., Birke, L., Shaw, W. S., & Melfi, V. (2018). Measuring the Strength of Human-Animal Bonds in Zoos. Anthrozoos, 31(3), 273–281. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/10.1080/08927936.2018.1455448

This article introduces animals’ right and we must respect their rights. I use this article because it helps me analyze we should think it may be “illegal” to let animals in the zoos.

References

Pierce, J., & Bekoff, M. (2018). A Postzoo Future: Why Welfare Fails Animals in Zoos. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 21, 43–48. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/10.1080/10888705.2018.1513838

This journal introduces that most zoos in the world can not get enough financial support, and their facilities are bad. Also, animals can not get fair treatment in the zoos. I think it helps me prove that a lot of animals in the zoos can not live in a comfortable space.

References

Wootton, A. (2007). Bad Day at the Zoo. Popular Science, 271(3), 14–15.

This is a magazine and has photos to introduces lives in the zoo. It introduces that chimpanzee attacks, and the reason is people force them to join the show to attract visitors. I think it is not chimpanzee’s false because the chimpanzee just wanted to protect itself.

1. Do you think animals should stay in zoos or Aquarium and why?
Some of them should stay in zoos because zoos can protect them.
2. Are there any negative effects that will be brought to animals if the stay in zoos?
They will feel uncomfortable because the space is too small for them. Also, they will lose the ability to live in wild places.
3. Are there any positive effects if animals stay in the zoos?
If some animals are ill, zoos can save their lives. Also, animals in the zoos provide data to research.
4. How many zoos and Aquariums in the world do you think?
I have no idea. May be above one million?
5. What news did you hear about hurt animals in zoos?
I hear that one whale in the aquarium suicide.
6. How often you visit zoos or Aquariums?
Once a year.
7. Do you think the education meaning of the Zoos is important for people and why?
Of course. It is unsafe for people especially for children to see animals in the wild, but zoos provide a good place to educate people.
8. Do you think schools should bring students to the zoos or schools should advocate protecting animals?
I think the school should bring students to the zoo.
9. Do you have any suggestions about how to provide more freedom to the animals in zoos?
Providing them more space and let veterinarian check their health situations.
10. What the difference between nature reserves and zoos?
Nature reserves provide animals more space and freedom. In zoos, people always feed animals but in nature reserves they not.

From TradeMark Gunderson’s presentation, I learned the difference between copyright, trademark and patents. Wen must respect people’s intellectual property.