Death by Zoo

The Surabaya Zoo in Indonesia offers the most variety of animals than any zoo in Southeast Asia. They are responsible for 4,000 different species and many of them are endangered. Loved by all locals and tourists who visit there, but what they don't know is approximately 15 animals die there every month. These animals are dying from diseases, hunger, lack of exercise and overcrowding which can be easily preventable. This is just unacceptable! Animals should not be living in these conditions! I'm not surprised that so many animals have died in that zoo. They need to get their act together; if not; they are not going to have any animals left. On March 1, 2012 the zoo's last giraffe died because it had a 40 pound wad of plastic in its stomach. For years, the giraffe had been eating whatever it could find and that was mostly trash that was thrown into its enclosure. This needs to stop for the animals sake.


 

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First Blog Post

Hi everyone, and welcome to my very first blog post! I'm looking forward to talking about and engaging on the topic of animals in captivity. This blog will be focusing in on how animals are coping with living in captivity, how they are being treated, and the affects captivity is having on the animals. Also some of the places that will associate with this topic is Sea World, aquariums, zoos, etc. I am interested in this topic because I love animals, I have pets at home and they are just amazing to have around and I feel people should be able to have an inside look on how animals are doing in captivity. You should be interested in this topic because I know there are many of you who love going to the aquarium and the zoo, so you should know if the animals like or dislike living in captivity.


-Mia