What are people obsessed with doing? People are obsessed with watching wild animals, many big cities have zoos because people like watching what animals do in their “habitat”. Watching animals in the zoo is the closest you will get to majority of animals in their “habitat like life”. The zoo is not a bad place for animals, because the only animals they will keep in the zoo are ones that were born in the zoo, or ones that can not go back into the wild because they can not care for themselves. The zoo will rescue animals that are permanently injured, or that have been socialized to much to the point that they are used to being fed on a specific time, or being used to being fed food, and not having to hunt for it. Animals that have been socialized to much can not return to the wild because although the zoo represents their habitat it is not, and it is completely different in their habitat than in the zoo.
The zoo is not always a bad place for animals, because the animals can receive food without having to fight for it, or search for it. The animals in the zoo can get vet help if they get injured, and a lot of them have a group that they become friends with. All of the animals have their own area, and a lot of those areas have toys and other things to keep them amused during the day so that they do things instead of just sitting there doing nothing. Wild animals that are born in the zoo only know what living in the zoo is like. If you put a zoo born animal in the wild the animal will not last very long. The zoo animals also have quick response from the vets, and when animals are in the wild they do not have a vet, so if a zoo raised animal goes into their natural habitat and they get injured they will not understand how to take care of themselves because they never knew how to after having a vet help them their whole life.
When wild animals become socialized they can not go back to the wild because if they try they will die either because they are killed by a predator or they can not find food and they will starve to death. It takes animals a long time to adapt a little to an environment, so by getting them to adapt to having people around them on a regular basis to sending them back into the wild they will not be able to adapt back to the wild soon enough. It is easier to get them to adapt to living in a zoo because at first they will be scared a hide, but then they will open up to it and stop paying attention to the people and they will be used to being fed on a regular basis. But sending them into the wild they will not be able to fend for themselves.
http://www.peta.org/living/entertainment/reality-zoos/
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/zoos-good-or-bad.htm
When wild animals become socialized they can not go back to the wild because if they try they will die either because they are killed by a predator or they can not find food and they will starve to death. It takes animals a long time to adapt a little to an environment, so by getting them to adapt to having people around them on a regular basis to sending them back into the wild they will not be able to adapt back to the wild soon enough. It is easier to get them to adapt to living in a zoo because at first they will be scared a hide, but then they will open up to it and stop paying attention to the people and they will be used to being fed on a regular basis. But sending them into the wild they will not be able to fend for themselves.
http://www.peta.org/living/entertainment/reality-zoos/
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/zoos-good-or-bad.htm