Six Monkeys Die Two Days After Arriving at Oregon Zoo

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On May 22 nine monkeys arrived at an Oregon zoo.  Only two days later, six of them were dead.  As of right now no one knows the cause of death.  The Necropsy results came back inconclusive and the zoo is still waiting to hear back from the pathology report.  Six monkeys simultaniously dieing comes as a shock.  However, only months before an orangutan also died in the Oregon zoo's care.  This time it was the zoo's fault.  There were mistakes in the treatment and care of the orangutan which resulted in the firing of some of the zoo's staff.  This relates to AP GoPo becuase it goes along with our environmental policy and the idea that our government allows zoos to be established. 

In my opinion this is an awful tragedy.  Its always sad when animals die.  Its even more sad when they die in human captivity.  Which brings me to a hard place; as much as I love to see and learn about animals I can't help but feel like there is no good that comes from zoos besides bringing in money.  I can justify taking anumals from their habitat to study them and learn about them for science and research.  However, just parading around animals isn't cool.  An animal kept in captivity usually can never go back out into the wild and survive which is extremely sad.  They're kept cooped up in cages for the rest of their lives.  If anyone decided to have a human zoo, everyone would throw a fit so whats the difference when it comes to animals? Although it may seem we as humans are the superior species, in my opinion this is not true.  When it comes down to it we're all just entities in this universe no one better than the next.