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Arguments For and Against Zoos

By Natalia Ilika, Lindsey Pfirrman, Storm Rund, & Paul Kole

• The abbreviation 'zoo' was first used of the London Zoological Gardens , which was opened for scientific study in 1828 and to the public in 1857.
• The number of major animal collections open to the public around the world now exceeds to 1,000, around 80 percent of them are in cities.
• In the United States of America alone, zoos are visited by over 180 million people annually.
• Relatively new terms for zoos coined in the late 20th century are "conservation park" or 'biopark'. Adopting a new name is a strategy used by some zoo professionals to distance their institutions from the stereotypical and nowadays criticized zoo concept of the 19th century.
• The term 'biopark' was first coined and developed by the National Zoo in Washington D.C. in the late 1980s.
• In 1993, the New York Zoological Society changed its name to the Wildlife Conservation Society and rebranded the zoos under its jurisdiction as "wildlife conservation parks.

Where did we visit?

• The Dallas Zoo (oldest and largest Zoo in Texas)
• Founded in 1888
• Owned by the city of Dallas and and managed by the nonprofit Dallas Zoological Society
• Approximately 430 species (more than 2,000 animals altogether), not including fish
• Approximately 66 of these species are managed through the AZA’s (The Association of Zoos and Aquariums) Species Survival Plans
• Key Exhibits: The Wilds of Africa, Giants of the Savanna, and the Gorilla Trail
• The Giants of Savanna Exhibit- only multi-species zoo exhibit in U.S to mix elephants with other species in their habitat

Governing Zoos

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)

• Very controversial
• Designed to create higher standards of zoos
• Started in 1924 has picked up steam since
• Now ensures that facilities meet higher standards than the law requires
• Institutions are evaluated every 5 years
• Of 2300 animal exhibitors licensed by APHIS fewer than 10% are qualified to be AZA members

Species Survival Plan (SSP)

• Helps ensure the survival of selected species in zoos
• Most of which are threatened or endangered in the wild
• Implement a breeding and transfer plans
• These plans try to maintain a healthy, genetically diverse, population for long-term future

Breeding in Zoos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiW96Uci624

Endangered Species Recovery

• Conservation tools to "recover" endangered and threatened species
• Includes the restoring and acquiring of habitat, removing introduced animal predators or invasive plant species, conducting surveys, monitoring individual populations, and breeding species in captivity and releasing them into their historic range.
• The U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973

Captive Mexican wolf at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

Zoo Animal Environments

• Lions in the Dallas Zoo live in one acre territory
• Tigers also have one acre of space to live in at the Dallas Zoo
• “Giants of the Savanna” exhibit- separated by specific animals of elephants, giraffes, zebras, ostriches, impala, and warthogs
• Dallas Zoo does not disclose how much land each animal lives in at the “Giants of the Savanna” exhibit

Scientific Research

• One of the core activities of zoos.
• An enormous amount of our knowledge of the behavior, physiology, reproduction, and growth of animals has come from animals in captivity.
• Zoos invest $50 million annually in research to improve the habitats and well being of animals in captivity.
• Ethics and practices can come under intense scrutiny.

Reintroduction

• The species usually comes from an environment where it is endangered or threatened
• The species is taken into the zoo where it can survive in a safe environment for the time being
• Then the species is released back into the wild
• About 130 zoos around the world have reintroduction programs

Michael Hutchins’ Case in Favor of Zoos

• Strong commitment to conservation and animal welfare provide powerful ethical justification for zoos.
• Four central goals of Zoos: Education, Research, Conservation, and Recreation
• Main argument: The benefits of exhibiting animals in zoos, all things considered are greater than the costs in individual animal welfare.

Dale Jamieson’s Case Against Zoos

• Moral presumption against keeping animals in captivity
• Animals’ liberty is restricted
• Providing amusement to people does not justify keeping animals in zoos
• No reason for scientific research
• Very few zoos do any research at all
• Breeding programmes create unwanted animals

Debate Structure

3 minutes for opening (each team).

2 minutes per response.

Team against zoos: Lindsey and Natalia

Team for zoos: Storm and Paul

Bibliography

• https://www.captiveanimals.org/news/2010/03/10-facts-about-zoos (article with points against zoos)
• https://www.aza.org/species-survival-plan-programs (AZA,SSP)
• Jamieson, Dale. "Against Zoos." The Animal Ethics Reader . New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. 576-81. Print.
• Hutchins, Michael. "In Defense of Zoos and Aquariums." The Animal Ethics Reader . New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. 582-90. Print.
• http://www.dw.com/en/zoos-species-protection-or-animal-abuse/a-16213950 (130 reintro)
• http://focaweb.com/what.htm (appropriate environment-L)

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In the early 1950s, a farmer caught a panda cub in the county of Baoxing, a part of the province of Sichuan, China . News of the cub’s capture reached the ears of local communist officials, and soon the rare creature was making the long journey to Peking (now known as Beijing ) to be exhibited in the national zoo.

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Chi-Chi didn’t remain long in East Berlin before she was purchased by the Brookfield Zoo in the United States . However, before she could make the journey to America, the U.S. Treasury Department declared a trade embargo on China, meaning she was denied entry into the country.

As a consequence of being the only giant panda in Western Europe, plans were made for Chi-Chi to tour several countries’ zoos. The London Zoo decided to purchase Chi-Chi and give her a permanent home. The panda became an animal celebrity and was studied by notable zoologists.

Chi Chi died in 1972 at the somewhat young (for a captive panda) age of 18 due to an unexpected illness. Her remains were preserved for posterity, and she was put on display at the Natural History Museum.

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By A. A. Milne

In ‘At The Zoo,’ A. A. Milne narrates a trip to the zoo through a child’s eyes. The speaker’s fantastical and mixed-up descriptions of various animals are the source of much amusement.

A. A. Milne

Nationality: English

Notable works include  ' Spring Morning '  and  ' Vespers .' 

Key Poem Information

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Central Message: The zoo is a magical place

Themes: Celebration , Coming of Age

Speaker: A child

Emotions Evoked: Amusement , Excitement

Poetic Form: Free Verse

Time Period: 20th Century

A. A. Milne's 'At The Zoo' is a funny and whimsical poem about a trip to the zoo. Milne views the animals through a child's perspective and his descriptions which will delight readers of any age.

Poem Analyzed by Devony Hof

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A. A. Milne’s ‘At The Zoo’ is a magical and funny nursery rhyme that imagines the zoo from the perspective of a child. The speaker ’s difficulty in describing what he sees allows readers to view each animal in a new way. The speaker repeatedly emphasizes that his favorite animal is the elephant to whom he gave buns.

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• 2 Structure and Form
• 3 Literary Devices
• 4 Detailed Analysis
• 6 Similar Poems

‘At The Zoo’ is a poem about the speaker’s trip to the zoo. He describes his interactions with the various animals, particularly his favorite, the elephant. His mispronunciations and misremembering give the poem an amusing tone .

The speaker lists a number of animals he saw at the zoo, beginning with giant cats. He concludes each stanza by telling the reader that he chose to give buns to the elephant. The speaker describes a number of different mammals, many of whom do not communicate with the speaker in a way he feels is proper. The elephant, however, would seem to have the most satisfactory manners.

Structure and Form

‘At The Zoo’ is a nursery rhyme consisting of three stanzas with 8 lines each. In every stanza, the second and fourth lines and the sixth and eighth lines rhyme. This gives the poem an upbeat quality typical of nursery rhymes . Each stanza also ends with the same two lines as a refrain .

Literary Devices

• Personification : Milne personifies each of the animals through a child’s eyes. For example, the speaker says that the “mingo” doesn’t like to shake hands, which ascribes his human attributes.
• Refrain : Although ‘At The Zoo’ is not a song, it does have a refrain. The same two lines are repeated at the end of each stanza.
• Rhyme : Every other line of ‘At The Zoo’ rhymes , with the sixth line of each stanza always rhyming with “zoo,” the subject of the poem .
• Alliteration : The speaker often uses alliteration to list different animals, which gives the poem a quicker, more exciting pace . Examples include “biffalo-buffalo-bisons” and “badgers and bidgers and bodgers” on lines 3 and 9.

Detailed Analysis

There are lions and roaring tigers, and enormous camels and things, There are biffalo-buffalo-bisons, and a great big bear with wings. There’s a sort of a tiny potamus, and a tiny nosserus too – But I gave buns to the elephant when I went down to the Zoo!

The speaker describes all of the animals he saw when he went to the zoo, beginning with “lions and roaring tigers.” Both are big, scary cats, and the lion, being the king of the animal kingdom, is particularly impressive to a little kid. He goes on to mention “enormous camels and things,” along with “biffalo-buffalo-bisons.” The word “things” emphasizes the speaker’s lack of knowledge of each animal’s name, while the compound “buffalo-buffalo-bisons” reflects his struggle to categorize exactly what he is looking at. Some of the animals the speaker mentions are easily identifiable, like a “potamus” or hippopotamus, along with a rhinoceros.

Others, however, are more confusing, like the “great big bear with wings.” These bewildering descriptions lend a greater sense of whimsy to the speaker’s perspective. The animals before him are so strange as to be fantastical. He eventually lands on the elephant, who is evidently his favorite because he gave him buns.

There are badgers and bidgers and bodgers, and a Super-in-tendent’s House, There are masses of goats, and a Polar, and different kinds of mouse, And I think there’s a sort of a something which is called a wallaboo – But I gave buns to the elephant when I went down to the Zoo!

The speaker continues to list various animals. The alliteration of “badgers and bidgers and bodgers” reflects the speaker’s growing excitement. He is so enthusiastic about the zoo that he does not even stop to think about which of the names is right. The “Super-in-tendent’s House” might be that of the zoo owner, but the joy is in the mystery of it. Since we cannot see what the speaker is seeing, we have to take his word for it.

The hyphens in “Super-in-tendent” suggest that the speaker has to spell it out because the word is long and complex for him. He also capitalizes the word, along with “Zoo,” which lends each place a special importance in the speaker’s mind.

The speaker describes “masses of goats,” which creates an amusing picture, and a “Polar” or polar bear. The “different kinds of mouse” is an example of Milne asking the reader to look at the world in a different way. Many creatures are just some kind of variation of a mouse, but we often get caught up in categorizing them more specifically. The speaker then repeats that he gave buns to the elephants, again emphasizing his love for that animal.

Stanza Three

If you try to talk to the bison, he never quite understands; You can’t shake hands with a mingo – he doesn’t like shaking hands. And lions and roaring tigers hate saying, “How do you do?” – But I give buns to the elephant when I go down to the Zoo!

In the last stanza, the speaker beings to explain why the elephant is his favorite. The bison “never quite understands” the speaker when he talks, so the speaker feels ignored. The “mingo,” or flamingo, does not like to shake hands, a type of friendly greeting. That the speaker knows the flamingo “doesn’t like shaking hands” perhaps alludes to some mishap or failed attempt in the past. The speaker explains that the big cats are rude as well because they never greet him. The elephant, however, would seem to be friendlier than any of the other animals.

That the speaker never explains why the elephant is friendlier or better behaved adds to the childlike logic guiding the poem. The speaker completely believes that each animal has a personality and that, if he tries, he can communicate with each of them. By showing readers the zoo through the perspective of a child, Milne helps us appreciate the magic of a zoo and the wonder that comes from interacting with different species.

‘At The Zoo’ was published in Milne’s first poetry collection for children, When We Were Very Young , in 1924. Milne’s collection was very well-received, and he followed it up with the even more popular Winnie-the-Pooh stories.

Some of the animals in ‘At The Zoo’ are easily identifiable, such as the “Polar” or polar bear, while others are more obscure. A “great big bear with wings,” in particular, does not seem to resemble known animals. This confusion, however, only adds to the whimsy and fun of Milne’s poem.

Milton wrote his poetry and Winnie-the-Pooh story collections for his son, Christopher Robin, and took inspiration from the way a young Christopher Robin described the world.

The tone of ‘At The Zoo’ is enthusiastic. The speaker seems to bubble over with excitement as he races to describe different animals. To the adult reader, the poem also has a tone of amusement that comes from the author himself.

Similar Poems

If you enjoyed ‘At The Zoo,’ you might like these other poems by A. A. Milne :

• ‘Buckingham Visit’ — depicts another exciting childhood visit, this time to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.
• ‘Waiting at the Window’ — also looks at the world through a child’s perspective. In this poem, the speaker personifies two sliding raindrops.
• ‘Teddy Bear’ — similarly focuses on animals, or in this case, a single bear. This poem marks the first appearance of Mr. Edward Bear or Winnie-the-Pooh.

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