Discussion

Aaron Chew:I think that keeping animals in zoos are cruel and not cruel. It is cruel because humans are snatching its freedom and parents away from the poor little animal and using it to attract people to the zoos. It is not cruel because zoo keepers are usually kind and caring towards animals in the zoos and they are well-fed in the zoos. About the surrounding, it depends on how the zoo keepers "decorate" the animal's enclosure. If the enclosure is not decorated in a way that it looks or feels like the natural surroundings, the poor animal is going to suffer in the zoo and will eventually die. Food is very important too. The food that is served to the animal will also let the animal feel that it is in its natural habitat and will not die because of the disability to adapt to its new surrounding. Animals are like human beings that have feelings, and if we are being treated in a "negative" way, we will suffer and even try to commit suicide!