by Erick Ian Gael

Created on: September 22, 2009

Look how the world is today. Construction and expansion are still happening and as long as the human population keeps growing so will progress. We, as a race know this, thus the reason why there are more and more state parks and wildlife refuges and reserves popping up along with our growth. That being said how does one protect endangered species from extinction due to the law of the jungle and poachers. There is not enough law enforcement presence to monitor and protect acre upon acre of nature and it's inhabitants. So why not move some of the animals that are close to becoming no more into a secured home copied environment. When is the last time you have been to a zoo? When is the last time you saw an animal in a zoo kept in a small cubed like cage? Most if not all are under close scrutiny by the public eye and government regulations, plus the animal rights activists that these animals more than likely don't know the difference between open living and zoo living. On top of that endangered animals can be bred to repopulate their species, plus be given medical care all the while providing crucial information to our scientists, zoologists and ethologists. Then there is our students, who can take a class field trip to see these wonderful creatures instead of reading about how they used to be in a book. When Disney usually creates a new animated movie that has to do with animals, i.e. Tarzan, they usually go to their local zoo to study these animals to see how they move, how they behave, their colors. This is true for almost any artist of any genre. How could one do this from a special on television or a national magazine that contains photographs. Plain and simple you can't. Now I've only been referring to animals, what about plant life and such. Majority of our medicine comes from plants, just imagine if we had access to some of the ones that are currently extinct, what cures we could have right now. If we could have saved these in a zoo type setting where they could have been contained in man made atmosphere again who knows what we could have.

Well enough of the what-ifs and more of the just do it scenario. I'm not schooled on current law, but what is in place to save these animals that is, in fact, actually protecting them? Is it working?

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