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Read the following passage carefully.
The funding crisis at many zoos has reopened the debate over the value of zoos and whether they
should be allowed to exist at all. People who are in favour of zoos argue that they perform an essential
role in conserving rare animal species. Conservationists estimate that today at least 1000 species of
animals are threatened. Over the past 20 years, zoos have developed programmes designed to help
preserve endangered species. This involves breeding animals in captivity-"Captive breeding
programmes"- and then reintroducing them into their natural habitats to replenish the number living in
the wild.
Woburn Abbey, for example, saved a species called Pere David's deer. The species went largely
unrecorded in China from 1920, but a few of the animals were brought to Europe by a French missionary
(Father David). Recently Woburn Abbey and other zoos began returning breeding couples of Pere
David's deer to the wild in China. Zoos cooperate with each other in order to ensure the success of
their breeding programmes. Animals are passed from one zoo to another in order to prevent inbreeding
-breeding from closely related animals. If animals that are closely related to one another mate, there is
a danger that they will produce delomed offspring.
Supporters of zoos argue that they have an important role in educating children, millions of whom
visit zoos every year, Television viewing is no substitute for encountering real animals, they argue.
Zoos also carry out important research, for example on the best conditions for rare species to reproduce.
If zoos were forced to close, it would be disastrous for world conservation, zoo supporters say. And
most animals in captivity would have to be killed. "It does not take much imagination to realize that
the closure of all zoos would mean the deliberate destruction of wildlife on a scale never before
witnessed", the National Federation of zoos say.
Opponents of zoos accept that some species have been saved from extinction by "Captive breeding
programmes", but they argue that this offers no solution to the worldwide conservation crisis. The
umber of animals protected by zoos is tiny compared with the overall problem. It costs millions to
save the Arabian Oryx from dying out; but could that amount be found for every species, such as the
African elephants which do not reproduce well in captivity.
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CLASS - IX
13-03-2021
Captive animals are often kept in poor and inhumane conditions, opponents say. In the worst zoos,
animals are often still displayed for the entertainment of the public. Where animals are placed in
impoverished and unsuitable surroundings, they often behave in abnormal and neurotic ways. It is
common for polar bears to pace up and down constantly or twist their heads and circle over and over
aguin. This behavior is now recognized by scientists as a sign of stress and frustration. When children
visit zoos where animals are acting in neurotic and abnormal ways, they are not being educated. Instead,
opponents say, they are being given an inaccurate picture of animal behavior. A more precise and
informative impression is available to children every day through wildlife programmes on television.
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