Cages
What is one thing that is wrong with zoos?
The cage size!
What disease took a black-and-white colobus monkey in a zoo on Nov. 18
Leprotosis, a bacterial disease spread by rats and mice (Baker, James).
At the Granby zoo in Quebec what animal died from inhaling a plastic wrapper throw into her cage by a patron?
A female rhino (Benbow 365).
What percent of people (from a survey conducted on 150 students from Epping high school) believe that 68% of animals owned by zoos are endangered.
about 55%
Works Cited
Works Cited
Baker, Karlyn, and James V. Grimaldi. “Rat-Borne Disease Kills Zoo Monkey; Cheetah also Infected; Visitors Complain of Mice 'Running Rampant.” The Washington Post, Final Edition ed., 11 December 2003, p. 0. Proquest.
Benbow, Mary S. “Death and Dying at the Zoo.” Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 37, no. 3, 2004, pp. 379-398. Proquest, https://ezproxygbcc.ccsnh.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/death- dying-at-zoo/docview/195367226/se-2?accountid=3779.
Derr, Mark. “Zoos Are Too Small for Some Species, Biologists Report.” The New York Times, 1 October 2003, https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/01/science/zoos-are-too-small-for-some-species-biologists-report.html.
Isakov, Filip. “19 Heartbreaking Animals in Captivity Statistics.” Petpedia, 2021, p. 0, petpedia.co/animals-in-captivity-statistics/#:~:text=12.-,Most%20zoos%20aren't%20engaged%20in%20the%20conservation%20of%20rare,of%20captive%20animals%20are%20endangered).&text=One%20of%20the%20biggest%20zoo,kept%20in%20zoos%20are%20threatened.
Jacobson, Ben. “Group: USDA Complicit in Animal Mistreatment at Zoo.” Telegraph- Herald, 19 September 2014, p. 0. Proquest.
Mills, Cynthia. “Breeding Discontent.” Sciences, vol. 40, no. 3, 2000, pp. 12-15. Proquest, https://ezproxygbcc.ccsnh.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/breeding-discontent/docview/212685843/se-2?accountid=3779.
Prygoski, Alicia. “Cruelty to Captive Cats: Solutions for Protecting Big Cats from Roadside Zoos and the Abusive "Pet" Trade.” The Young Lawyer, vol. 25, no. 1, 2020, pp. 13-16. ProQuest, https://ezproxygbcc.ccsnh.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/cruelty-captive-cats-solutions-protecting-big/docview/2478620330/se-2?accountid=3779.
Singh, Virat A. “"Cramped Hippo Enclosure Worries Zoo Visitors: Size Matters | Officials Call Move Temporary, Say New Enclosure being Built."” DNA: Daily News & Analysis, 18 October 2018. Proquest.
Roy, Abbie. Zoo opinions and Thoughts. Epping NH: Epping High School, May 5 2021, Unpublished Survey.
World Animal Protection US. “11 facts about tigers in the wild and in captivity.” World Animal Protection US, 2019, https://www.worldanimalprotection.us/blogs/11-facts-about-tigers-wild-and-captivity.
“Zoo Incidents.” Calgary Herald, 2010. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/docview/504571465/E338C13670AF4718PQ/3?accountid=3779. Accessed 2021.
Polar Bears have _____ square miles to roam in the wild?
31,000 sqaure miles. (Cage sizes are one-millionth of this size in zoos) (Derr).
What other animal at the same zoo was also infected?
A cheetah!
What animal exhibit did two men try to break into?
The tiger exhibit. Two men were hospitalized after being injured by a sebiren tiger. “An intruder is taken to hospital after being mauled by a two-year-old male Siberian tiger. The attack occurs after two men scale the zoo's 2.4-meter fence and hop another one-meter fence outside the tiger enclosure” (Zoo Incidents).
What percent of endangered species do zoos actually have in captivity.
20% (Isakov)
How many miles a day can wild tigers roam?
35 miles a day according to (World Animal Protection US).
Name one other way a disease can find its way into an animal.
Through an open cut or wound, by a low immune sytem
Name one instinct or drive that animals have. (food)
prey/predator drive
How many endangered animals would zoos need to mate and hold captive in order to replenish the population?
“population geneticists have calculated that between 500 and 5,000 animals would be necessary to safeguard a species' genetic heritage” (Mills 13).
True or False? Hippos need to be able to submerge themselves in water and float around in order to keep their skin from burning.
True (A visitor at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Zoo at Byculla was particularly concerned with the hippo enclosure there. “Three adult hippos were lying close to each other in a small pond. There is also a baby next to them, meaning they barely have any space to float or move around” (Singh). Hippos need space to move around. Being submerged in water keeps their skin from burning and lets them get the necessary exercise to be healthy and happy. )
How many gorillas died from unrelated illnesses in captivity?
3 (Zoo incidents)
What animal lost its life in a zoo due to an employee not following proper protocols?
A female Capybara! (A zookeeper was responsible for killing a female capybara at the Calgary Zoo, “A female capybara -- a species of a giant rodent -- is killed after becoming caught in a hydraulic door as it is being moved from one enclosure to another. An employee said to have not followed proper protocols, is suspended without pay for two days” (Zoo incidents).
In the survey conducted on the Epping high school students, they were asked to rate zoos on a scale from 1-10. Ten being the best 1 being the worst. What was the most common rating?
4 out of 10.
Besides cage size what other factor makes cages and zoos unsafe and ethically wrong?
They are improperly built and secured. Cages are not just too small for the animals living at zoos; they can also cause injury to the creatures inside. The cages that some zoos have may cause harm to the animals, they are small and poorly built. “Additionally, improperly built or damaged cages with rusted wires or sharp, protruding edges can cause lacerations and puncture wounds in big cats” (Prygoski 13).
True or False: zoos often have trouble controlling rat and mice problems leading to diseases.
True. (‘They were all over the floor. They were crawling all over the gorillas that were sleeping,’ Cullo said. ‘It gave me the heebie-jeebies. . . . I was concerned with my own child and my own health and well-being. So we immediately got out of there” (Baker, James).
How many of these sorts of incidents happen yearly worldwide?
Hundreds-thousands
what percentage of the people surveyed think zoo cages are too small or think that some cages are too small?
92% of the respondents.