Revision 1

E. Now plan your essay zoos - for and against. Your essay should have four sections, like the essay in Excercise A:

1. Introduction
2. One side of the argument (against)
3. The other side of the argument (for)
4. Conclusion

Write the full essay in 100 - 150 words. If you have any photos that show the good or bad things about zoos, attach them to the essay.

Zoos for and against

• People often criticise zoos for keeping animals in unnatural conditions, where they are unhappy and exist just to attract visitors to generate profit.
• However, modern, well managed zoos want to educate us about the issues like animal conservation, and to support breeding programmers all over the world.
• this is the story from a zoo perspective.
• The long-term goal of conservation is to encourage wild populations in their natural habitats.
• Planned breeding programmers provide a buffer in case animal numbers continue to drop in the wild.
• If this does happen, then wild breeding populations lose their genetics diversity.
• The zoo tries to change people's attitudes and behavior to support positive change worldwide.
• Visitors to the zoo leave with a clear impression of how their actions can affect endangered species across the world.
• For example, visitors are encouraged to check the 'green' credentials of any tour company they may use before booking a holiday to islands with endangered species.
• There are two sides to every story.
• Because science touches our daily lives in very many ways, science at school aims to equip you with the skills to analyse arguments on both sides of an issue, and make up your own mind.
• So zoos - for or against?