Zoo Animals Released Into Wild

Animals such as this elephant are taken from their families in the wild to be sold to zoos and circuses.

Zoo animals released into wild. Animals are regularly being released into the wild. Extensive breeding programs at the zoo and reintroduction into wild habitats helped in saving the species from extinction. Another point against this issue is that visitors will not be able to see the true beauty or behavior of the animals in zoos.

The outside habitat for most zoos doesnt fit all of their animals. There have been countless experiments where zoo animals in asia like elephant tiger hippo etc etc were released into wild due to space restrictions. The odds of animals such as tigers and wolves surviving freedom are only 33 percent according.

Am I missing something. Zoos and wildlife rehabilitators can provide many examples of animals that cannot be released either because they no longer fend for themselves or they look to humans as suppliers of food and security. Whether or not they could survive was unknown at the time.

Animals are kept for different reasons some are kept for display tourism while some are kept because they are critically endangered. A very small amount of zoo animals are born in the wild. Once put into captivity animals cannot survive being released into the wild.

For example in 1945 about 13 Przewalski horses were captured and placed in a zoo before they disappeared from the wild in 1966. Release to the wild is not automatically in the best interests of the animal says Dr Chris Draper head of animal welfare and captivity at Born Free a charity that campaigns to keep animals in the wild. Captive-bred Lions Released into the Wild - YouTube.

The damage was done when that animal was brought in from the wild in the first place. Animals kept in the zoo are not actually meant to be released into the wild. There is a PowerPoint presentation to help you to plan your Zoos Are Cruel debate.