Zoosareoftencontroversialbecausemanypeoplebelievetheyarenecessaryorevenharmful.Ifproperlymanaged,Ifeelthatzooshavealotofvalue.Infact,Ibelievezoosareusefulintwomainways:educatingthegeneralpublicandadvancingscientificresearch.
Zooscanbewonderfullyeducationalplaces.Theyprovideasafe,controlledenvironmenttolearnaboutaspecificspecies.Childrencanfeelsafeexploringtheworldofthechimpanzeethere,andadultscanlearnaboutandseetypesofbirdsthey’veneverseenbefore.Unlikeinthewild,there’snoworryofbeingphysicallyharmedbyananimal.
Zoosarealsoimportantfortheresearchopportunitiestheyprovide.Researchissaferandeasiertoconductthaninthewild.ScientistscanfeelsecureintheconfinedareaoftheZoo.Forexample,whileconductingamedicalexperimentinanopenfield,scientistshavetoworryaboutboththeanimaltheyhavetoworkedwith,andalsootheranimalsnearby.Inzoos,however,theyneedonlyworryabouttheresearchsubject.
Inthewilderness,animalsarealsomuchhardertotrackandmonitor.Zoosmakeresearchlesstime-consumingandexpensive.Longtermfollows-upsareeasiertoo,sinceevenwithmonitors,wildanimalsoftenarekilledanddisappear.Inzoos,researcherscanobserveananimal’sentirelifespan.
Overall,Ifeelthatproperlymanagedzoosprovideexcellentopportunitiesforeducationandresearch,andarethereforeveryuseful.
Howdeliciousthebamboois!Letmeeatmore,hmm,good!Helloeverybody!I’mapanda,averylovelyanimalandmanypeopleloveme.AndI’msureyoumustbeafanofme,aren’tyou?ButI’mindangernow,andI’msureyouwillhelpmetoo,amIright?Letmetellyouthestoryaboutme:IwasborninaforestinthesouthwestofChina.AndIlikeeatingbambooverymuch,ofcourseallofmyfamilymemberslikeeatingbamboo.
Andmybrother---apandawasbornonthesamedayjustlikemearediewhenhejustwasborntwohours.Ohmypoorbrothers!AndthenmyfamilymembersandIarenotverylucky,theareaofbambooisbecomingsmallerandsmaller,sowedon’thaveenoughfoodtoeatandthehumanareveryterrible,theirfarmsandvillagestakemanyplacesandthenwedon’thavemanyplacestolivein.
Butwecandonothingtohelpus.ButIthinkyoucan.Tryyourbesttotellpeopletoprotectusorafterafewyearstheycan’tseeanypandaontheearth!
Onceuponatime.Therewasahouse.Besidethehousetherewasabirdcage.Onedayacatwenttoeatthebird,Sothecatjumpedandhitthebirdcage.Thebirdcagefelldowntothegroundknockingthebirdcage‘sdooropen.Thebirdthenflewaway.Sothecatstartedtochasethebirdandthedogchasedthecat.Howeverthebirdflewontopofthetree.
Sothecatstartedtoclimbthetreeandthedogbarkedatthecat.Beforethecatcouldreachthebird,thebirdflewaway.thiscausedthecattofalloutofthetree.
Thedogthenranaway,Thebirdquicklyflewbackintohiscageandthemanfromthehousecarriedhimsafelyhome.
Keepinganimalsinazoo，notonlycanprotectthembutalsoletpeopleknowmoreaboutthem。Besides，peoplecanfeelbeinggetclosedtonatureinthisway。Foranimalsitself，theyneedn"tworryaboutfoodandsurvivecrisisanymore。Theycanenjoydeliciousmealseachdayinaragularytime。Inaddition，theownerofthezoocanmakeafortunemanagingthebusiness。What"smore，livinginazoocanprovideanimalsmedicaltreatmentwhichtheycan"tgetinthewildenvironment。
DoyouknowwhatkindofanimalIlikemost？It’smonkey。Monkeyisakindoflovelyanimal。Manypeoplelikemonkeysverymuch。Generally，monkeyhassmallbodycoveredwithfur。Somekindsofmonkeyshavetwobigeyesandearsandalongtail。IcanseethemonTVorthezoo。EverytimeIgotothezoo，Iwillgotoseethem。Monkeysoftenstayintreesandjumpbetweenthem。Theyaresolivelyandfavorable。Whentheyarehappy，theywillactforvisitors。It’sveryfunny。