Why Animals Should Keep Zoos

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Between 200 and 2,000 animal extinctions occur every year. I believe that animals should stay in zoos. Animals should stay in zoos because they wouldn't have to worry about getting killed and they will always get food. Zoos are helping less and less of animals each year that are going extinct, zoos are providing a safer environment for the animals. As Dr Dave Hone form The University of London “Zoo's protect against a species going extinct.” (Hone, Dr. Dave. "Why Zoos Are Good."). Zoo’s are a safe place where animals can live and they won't have to worry about not getting food or other animals that would attack them. Scholastic news said “Most big zoos have a full-time staff of animal health professionals, including veterinarians

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