Wild wild encaged animals

Through a mixture of the zoo article and the Blackfish trailer, the class was put in a situation in which part of our culture was attacked by animal activists. Wether we were to agree or disagree with what was being said about the treatment of animals for human entertainment, we can’t deny the guilt we feel as an individual in a society that consists of structures like zoos, aquariums, and places like Sea world. As the article uses intense language that taps into pathos, and breaks down the logic of why zoos are so harmful to animals and unnecessary to humans through logos, we can’t help but see why many argue that zoos are a harmful place for animals that exist solely for human entertainment. The documentary trailer further uses logos through facts and real situations that happened not too long ago. This trailer does a better job arguing that institutions like these shouldn’t exist and animals should roam free because it’s using real life proof that these animals are in deep distress, and it can even be harmful to humans because of how dangerous these animals can be especially when provoked in the wrong way, because they’re meant to be habituating the wild, not being controlled by humans. The way that the texts and video was revealed to the class was also done in a very credible manner, causing me to go into reading the article and watching the video already wanting to believe what they were going to say and argue for. As an English teacher who has clearly read and been exposed to thousands of books and articles from an academic standpoint, we already believe as a class that what we are given to read and analyze has been approved by scholars, and comes from real databases and credible sources. Personally, I agree with the argument that the article and trailer set up. I don’t think we should be taking these animals out of their natural habitat, encaging them and removing them from their family and way of life just for human entertainment.