The zoo helps rehabilitate wildlife and care for exotic pets that people no longer want or can care for. Animals should not be in a zoo for visual enjoyment. In zoos you can see different species in fake habitats eating food they didn't have to hunt. A number of different animals are captured or born to amuse humans. Lions, for example, are marked to be the kings of the jungle with exceptional hunting abilities. In the zoo, Lions are born and adapt to the environment and lifestyle they are taught. For example, if you took a lion that lived in the zoo and put it with wild lions in the jungle, it would not survive. A Lion raised in captivity would not know how to hunt or protect itself from danger because it is used to having a meal delivered. Animals are trained to do humanistic things, so their lifestyle is similar to that of a human. Cohen and Regan state (2001): “if all humans in America have rights, then why shouldn't all animals have the same rights?” An animal in the wild is protected by environmental laws as well as hunting and animal abuse, but an animal like a lion in the zoo is bred outside the confines of the laws. The current animal rights granted to us by our government do not apply to zoo creatures. If an animal in the zoo becomes unruly, it is sometimes beaten. Since the beginning of the traveling circus we have heard stories of animals turning on their handlers and attacking them. This is not surprising given that they are wild beings. Animals have the right and belong to nature to live and die as they did before humans began trying to domesticate them. Newborn baby animals attract guests and money, but the temptation to produce new babies is... middle of paper. .....can adapt to our environment. The same should go for animals, right? This, in fact, is a logical fallacy. When animals are bred and placed in an environment far from their natural habitat, they are captive prisoners. Animal rights are just as important as human privileges, and zoos and circuses are prime examples of ignoring this fact. Works Cited Goldston, Linda. "http://www.lexisnexis.com.cscc.ohionet.org/hottopics/lnacademic/." September 6, 1999. Lexisnexis.com. Newspaper . April 23, 2014.American Zoo and Aquarium Association. AZA Handbook of Federal Wildlife Regulations. Vol 1: Protected species. Vol 2 A and B: laws and regulations. 1994. Bethesda, MD: America Zoo and Aquarium Association. Cohen, C. and Regan, T. The animal rights debate. 2001. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.Rothbard, MN The “rights” of animals. 2007. Article. New York Times