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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 1,000
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 in “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.
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 realise that the closure of all zoos would mean the
deliberate destruction of wildlife on a scale never before witnessed,” the National
Federation of Zoos says.
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.
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The number of animals protected by Zoos is tiny compared with the overall problem.
It cost millions to save the Arabian Oryx from dying out; but could that amount be
found for every species that is endangered? The value of zoo-breeding programmes is
also questioned as some species, such as the African elephant, do not reproduce well
in captivity.
Captive animals are often kept in poor and inhumane conditions, opponents say. In
the worst zoos, animals are 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 constantly to pace up and
down or twist their heads and circle over and over again. This behaviour is now
recognised 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 inaccurate
information.
On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY TEN questions
from the twelve that follow. (1x10=10)
i. The debate on the value of zoos has reopened because
a. Some conservationists are not convinced that zoos are important for
conservation
b. Zoos have failed to play their role in wildlife conservation
c. There is a dearth of funds to run the zoos
d. ‘Captive breeding’ is not an effective programme
ii. Choose the option that lists the incorrect statements:
1. Zoos have developed programmes to preserve wildlife
2. Zoos breed animals in captivity
3. Only Woburn Abbey has played its role in conservation programmes
4. Zoos have developed programmes designed to help preserve endangered
species in the past two decades
5. The animals can never go back to their natural habitat once they are in a
zoo
a. 1 & 2
b. 3 & 5
c. 3 & 4
d. 4 & 5

Answer 1

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