Animals should not be kept in Zoos

 WALT use persuasive and emotive language.

I found it hard to use persuasive language.

I found it easy to use a rhetorical question.

 Would you like to be taken away from your family and cooped up in a cage just so children can bang on the glass and make faces at you? No? Then why are we doing it to animals? I strongly believe that it is cruel and mean because in captivity they rely on humans to survive, they don’t learn to hunt themselves because they are hand-fed and tourists feed them junk food. 

Firstly the animals rely on humans to survive because the zookeepers decide what they eat and when they eat. They are Hanford and their instinct to hunt fades away. Tourists feed animals junk food like chips and it's not their natural diet! They become fat and it's hard for them to do what they usually do. 

Secondly, the animals are taken away from their natural habitat. Some countries are too cold for animals like the African elephant and too hot for animals like the polar bear. Their lack of freedom weakens their muscles.

Thirdly, animals are separated from their families. Did you know that elephants who are separated from their families suffer from mental health issues, anxiety, depression and sometimes even die? We are taking away their happiness of being together from them.

In conclusion, I urge you to not support animals in zoos because they rely on humans, taken away from their natural habitat, and separated.

Care for animals!