The Zoo and Our Communities

Argument Essay

Humans can’t live without animals, plants and other natural material. When I watched TV news programs, sometimes I feel tight. Some people hunt animals illegally. When the news shows environmental problems, I think the earth is fallen. If you burn wood and paper that may make white smoke. It’s not too bad for the environment. But if you burn plastic, clothes or any chemical materials, you can see black smoke. The black smoke included a large amount of carbon dioxide (CO2). But white smoke has a little CO2. Usually, natural resources don’t threaten our environment and earth. Actually, the direct meaning of natural resources is every resource from the earth. But I’ll use that word as harmless resources in this article. The environmental problems have become the most important issue on earth. Zoos have tried to change their environments. Some zoos try to change animals’ cages. According to the article “Lessons Learned in Zoos Can Help Us All; Importance of Creating Healthier Places and Spaces – For Animals and Our Communities – is Clear,” K. Eipperle (2005), we can learn in zoos. After zoos changed animals’ cage to almost natural habitats, animals’ state is better than before. Similarly in humans’ case, after they tried to change people’s working area more natural environments, people’s working efficiency became better than before too. In another article, “Zoo May Use Animal Waste as Energy Source,“ W. Kates (2005) says that one zoo tried to use animals’ waste to produce electrical power. They have 6 Asian elephants. These elephants produce 1,000 pounds of body wastes. The zoo has a one stone two birds effect, because the zoo doesn’t have to spend money for disposing wastes or producing electrical powers. Thus, natural environment always helps us, but only human doesn’t know how earth helps us. Both humans and animals have lived together on this planet from long, long times ago. After industrial growth, humans didn’t think about environment. Humans make their own area where animals can’t live. If animals seemed dangerous to humans, humans killed them. Recently, humans recognized the importance of the environment. They recognized that humans couldn’t live on this planet without animal and plants. Animals can help human. Sometimes they are foods, natural labors, and friends. Humans learn from report of research animals, because human is also kind of animal. Like I already said, we can produce electrical power by animals’ wastes instead of energy resources. And the animals’ habitats change into natural environments. Animals can help us.

Several decades ago, humans only knew how to use resources and how to destroy earth. Humans should try to find to protect earth and environment. That way is the best way that humans, animals, and earth live.

Approximately a million years ago, people had lived in natural environments. They didn’t build any architecture. I think they may not have had stress from pollution. I learned that the Mongolian’s sight quality is the best in the world, because they always saw green color from plants when I was a middle school student. I also heard Nepalese feel the best satisfaction of their lives. Nepal is a less developed area then other countries. They also have the world’s highest mountain. Like this, people who live in natural area have satisfaction of their lives. People should have plants in their living area because plants can dilute air pollution. The trees in the mountain can reduce the rate of landslides. After one zoo tried to change their environment of animals’ cages like their own habitats, animals fought less with each other and increased reproduction. The animals had gotten stress while they lived in their cage that was made from cement. Animals may feel happiness. Like that zoo, some company tried to change their working environments. After changing, workers’ efficiencies were better than before changing. Both human and animal get stresses from manmade structures. The company may plant trees in their working areas.

Most animals’ cages in zoos are made of cement and bars. The color is gray, the smell is not good and the mood is dark. Animals have lived too small areas. People like to see the animal through transparent glass, but the animal may want to be free like they live in their original habitats. If people have to need zoos, people have to improve animals’ cages in the zoo. Zebras’ basic instincts are eating plants and running on fields. The zoo may have to make zebras’ cage larger than before so they can run. Birds’ basic instinct is flying into the sky, but they can’t fly for a long time in zoos’ cages. Zoo may not make birds’ cage what birds want because birds can fly. If the zoo wants to call birds, they can make a nest what they like. They may fly to the sky, but they may come back to their nest in the evening. Humans may not participate as animals’ natural enemy problem. Humans killed some of animal species. Because of that reason, we can’t see some species of animals. They are already exterminated by humans’ hunting.

We should find ways to support animals’ lives, not ways to kill them. Some people like a hunting but that’s a terrible actions. How do they feel the thrill to kill? Is killing a sport for them? The television show, like the geography channel, showed us how animals live in their original habitats. The lion hunts a zebra for eating foods. The lion doesn’t like hunting. They just need food for their living. If zoo exists for education of children, people should go to a wildlife reserve area. It’s better than going to the zoo, because children can see their original lives that humans had never touched. The National park is not an animals’ safe zone, because the park is a sighting area for people. If people really want to save or protect animals, they may not have to go to any national park. Usually, animals don’t like a people except for pets. Most animals fear humans. People have to recognize that animals are unhappy because of people. People should be a supporter for animals. That makes animals happy.

Animals give their material to us. Sometimes, animals give food, labor, and clothes. Recently, animals give their wastes. One zoo uses animals’ wastes for producing electrical power. In another, humans learned from animals’ lives. After people change animals’ cages so that they are like their original habitat, people see animals’ states. So human try to apply that to working area. The working efficiencies are increased. In the end, humans have to repair our environment if they want to live on earth. It’s possible to use every resource and destroy the environment and move to another planet. But unfortunately, human can’t go out to other planets not yet.

Reference:

Eipperle, K. (2005, June 9), Lessons Learned in Zoos Can Help Us All; Importance of Creating Healthier Places and Spaces – For Animals and Our Communities – is Clear. Retrieved Oct. 31, 2005, from Lexis-Nexis.
Kates, W. (2005, Apr. 29), Zoo May Use Animal Waste as Energy Source, Associated Press Online. Retrieved Oct. 26, 2005 from Lexis-Nexis.