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    Should animals be in zoos?

    Vocabulary
    argue pacing to rock
    cage the wild to lick
    ill tiny to stare
    otherwise to look after to struggle

    Introduction
    - How do you feel about animals in zoos?
    - Have you ever visited a zoo? What was it like?
    - Some people say keeping animals in zoos is cruel. What do you think?
    - Some people believe zoos are educational. Do you agree?
    - Do you think that animals would rather live a life of freedom and have to struggle to survive or live
    in captivity and never have to worry about finding food and water?

    Reading task
    Some people think that zoos are OK and that Other people think that animals belong in the
    there is nothing wrong with them. They say wild, not locked in cages or kept in enclosures
    that animals are safe in zoos. They say that for people to stare at. They say that animals
    they are fed regularly and always have water do not exist for our entertainment.
    and that in the wild they would have to look
    They say that there is no excuse for taking
    after themselves.
    animals away from their natural environment,
    They also say that they have vets at zoos so feeding them unnatural food, keeping them in
    the animals can be treated immediately if they the wrong kinds of groups and charging people
    become ill. They argue that zoos allow people to come and look at them.
    to be face-to-face with amazing animals they
    They say that animals in zoos often go crazy
    would never get to see otherwise. Zoo officials
    and can be seen pacing up and down, rocking
    say the experience makes people want to
    back and forth and licking the bars
    learn more about how to help protect animals
    continuously - which are all signs of stress.
    in the wild.
    Many zoos around the world keep animals in
    They also say that many animals in the wild
    tiny concrete cages where they can hardly
    can become endangered or even extinct, while
    move. They say this is not right and animals
    animals in zoos can be well looked after.
    deserve their freedom.

    Writing task
    - Give your opinion about the topic.

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