Question

Animals are protected in zoo also. What is the difference between a zoo and a wildlife sanctuary ? Where do you think animals will be happier?

Answer 1

sanctuaries are the place where animals can roam about freely and in zoo they are confined within certain areas

Answer 2

Both the Zoo and an animal sanctuary give protective asylum to animals and birds. However, the zoo keeps animals in captivity, within artificially created habitat, whereas the sanctuary provides home to animals in their natural habitat without captivity.

 


Zoo vs sanctuary:

Zoo and sanctuary are two words which are not so strange to individuals who admire animals and nature. These are two places which are visited by animal lovers in order to observe these creatures with their own eyes. However, zoos and sanctuaries are very different from one another with regards to many aspects. Thereby, this article seeks to determine those various differences which set these two places apart from one another.

 


About zoo
A zoo is a man created environment which is built with the aim of providing education and various information regarding wildlife to people. It is created with a commercial aim where wild animals that have been captured from the forests are exhibited in cages. Zoos are often created with the commercial aim of aiding the tourism industry of the country as well as for entertainment purposes where the resident animals are trained to perform certain tricks to entertain the visitors.

 

 

About sanctuary
Sanctuaries are natural habitats for animals and birds where they roam about freely. Sanctuaries are often woods or forests where killing or harming its animals is completely prohibited. Most often these sanctuaries have restricted access to human beings where they are required to obtain special permission to visit these places so as not to disturb these animals. Sanctuaries are thus chosen often with the aim of protecting animals or endangered species by thus allowing them to breed and live freely, without being harmed by human beings.