At zoos, baby animals are large attractions for people of all ages. All over the world, zoos take in and take care of baby animals that have been abandoned or are in danger. The importance of this topic is that by saving the animal, it could mean the difference between saving a species or continuing to keep it endangered.
Some are against this, saying that by saving these animals, it goes against nature and that zoos should just leave them to die. Zoos will tend to hand feed the baby animals and arguers will say that that is also unnatural. As well, there is the argument that zoos are not helping the animals because as they take care of them, the baby animal will pick up human traits which could lead to future difficulties interacting with other animals. There is also the recurring argument that zoos are awful places with cages for the animals. Some of these arguments are valid, but there's one that I believe trumps all of them in the long run. That is that some, if not most, of the baby animals being saved are those of endangered species. By saving that animal, it increases the chances of that certain species to survive another generation if the zoo is able to take care of it until it is able to reproduce. Some of these species' habitats are diminishing as well, so that gives them even less space to grow as a species. This is where the zoo comes in.
This topic is not one that anyone would think of as a highly controversial topic, but it is still an important one. The baby animals that are saved are a step towards saving endangered species. While some may argue it is cruel, unnatural, or anything of that sort, saving any species on earth should be more important than that.
