How do zoos chose which animals to keep?
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There are many different criteria that zoos use, and not all zoos use the same criteria.\n\nSome zoos concentrate primarily on conservation, and so their animal selection would be based on improving the breeding success of rare, endangered or threatened species.  This is dependent on what kind of room and habitats are available at the zoos, as well as the expertise available in their staff.\n\nOther zoos may concentrate on education and local conservation, concentrating their species collections on local species, in order to give average citizens an idea of the kinds of animals that occur in their region.\n\nSome zoos have a specific theme, such as polar animals, sea life or African savanna animals, and base their acquisition decisions on those criteria first.\n\nThere are also zoos that have heritage animals, that may not fit into their current mandate, but are left over from previous incarnations and administrations at the zoo, and so the polar park may still have a pair of cheetahs that have been at the zoo since they were born.\n\nMost zoos have a combination of all of these factors.  There are some species that are there for conservation purposes, some popular animals that bring in the crowds and help fund the conservation programs, some domestic animals because they're relatively easy to keep and provide some educational and 'hands-on' opportunities (i.e. petting zoos, donkey rides), some animals that are friendly and outgoing and popular with kids, some that are weird or fascinating, and maybe some that are the chief administrator's favourite animal, and he's doing research on binturong climbing physiology or something.
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The endagered species.... Probably because I am an animal lover but also because while they both are precious this world is much worse off with the link of a species missing and if the species is endangered that means every one really really counts. (Not that the childs life doesnt count)...\n\nIts really a hard pick and if put in the situation my answer could totally change...
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Keeps the population of other species in check.
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The home range is determined by the availability of food, water and natural barriers. Say for example there were no other gorillas to limit the range of a family they would not go any farther than they had to to fulfill there requirements for living.  As for waking and sleeping it is dependent on the silver backs whims and his knowledge of the best time of day to do certain things such as feeding in a locale that might have predators early and late in the day but small risk during midday etc.
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There must be more information, otherwise the only thing we can say is that it must be an even number and the number in ghkzoo must be a multiple of 5 so that we get a whole number result.  If we know what the maximum number of potential zoo species is  we can work out 2/5 of it -- or rather, 2/5 of the nearest multiple of 5 which is equal to or less than it -- and this would give the upper limit of the possible value, but I'm sure it would be huge.
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Great question! I would say we still need zoos. Reason 1: there are animals in danger and we should help them survive. Reason 2: kids need to learn. But zoos should be more open and natural, like the San Diego Wild Animal Park. I hate seeing animals kept behind the bars...
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Animals need to eat, wherever they are. If they're at your place you'll feed them, if they're not domesticated and live outside they'll look for food themselves. So whatever you do, animals (and pets) will eat! And I don't think killing them all is a good solution, they're not the reason why some people have nothing to eat ;)
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Biodiversity maintenance works on the golden principle of natural selection. too many individuals of the same species or that of the species that have similar needs, cannot survive. So there's always natural favorism given to equal number of individuals of  each species. Humans do interfere with this though.
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some can like mice and rats because they are very adoptive but lots of animals cant because they don't know what to hunt how to hunt in that environment and they have to compete with the unknown because that niche is already taken in that ecosystem
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Only you can write this because the animal you choose should be based on something like your personality or physical appearance.\n\ns
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The zoo is like, so restricted, yet you get all the health benefits and care. But in the wild, you get to like, run free, but always on the look-out for humans. It's a choice I'm happy I don't have to make.  Good luck!
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Animals get shipped to zoos if they are not in that region.\n \nSome zoos actually get sick animals and take responsibillity to help them recover but the animals have to live in cages for the rest of their life. :-(  Though sometimes zookeepers suggest particular animals should be put back into their natural habitat. (They also breed endangered species!)\n\nOther zoos get animals to study and display.\n\n\n Others just trade or buy animals in order to find money. Lots of organizations try to avoid people from visiting the last type of zoo I have mentioned. They protest innocent animals to be held captive and poorly. The first and second and zoos I have mentioned, the animals are kept with love and care plus in a better environment.
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Most zoos require a Bachelor degee in Zoology to work as a keeper.  Zoo and Bio majors have very similar classes (at least they did at my university)  Includes lots of chemistry, physics, and upper division classes such as entomology, ornithology, mammalogy, animal physiology, animal behavior, etc.  Volunteering at a zoo will help you out a lot, the hands on experience is very valuable.  Good Luck.
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I don't know the Singapore Zoo but if a zoos main aim is related to captive breeding of endangered species then it cannot be solely seen as a commercial venture. At least most modern zoos are better at looking after their animals than in the past and genuinely wish them to thrive. Zoos need revenue to provide for their animals but it would be preferable in the long term that more captive breeding of local endangered species was zoos main goal rather than large animals like elephants for entertainment purposes.
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I'm sure in the zoo they do.  \n\nAt the Atlanta zoo, a tiger paced a path along the perimeter.  I saw him walk around and around, you could almost see the frustration and sadness in his stride.  It made me sad.  \n\nI'm against caging wild animals or keeping them as house pets.
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Not necessarily, it might be better in the right environment.  If the animal is in the right environment, then yes, absolutely.  If the animal is in the wrong environment, or the environment suddenly changes, then absolutely not.  It all depends on where the species is living at a particular moment.
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as far as plants are concerned they have a storage area in their cell known as VACUOLES within which the food is stored and used when required.\n\nand for animals there r only few aninmals who really store the  food. straight forward e.g are of a camel, bulls having hump at their back to store the food for future use