Name: Course Title: Instructor: Date: Why Zoos Are Good The importance of zoos has continued to be acknowledged globally as the world is changing fast and the impact of unforgiving global warming, especially in the natural world life across the world in being felt. The concept of developing zoos with the main on conservation and protecting endangered species from extinction has however had it fair share of arguments with different parties viewing the concept differently. Environmentalists, organizations and parties concerned with wild animal conservation and government bodies are for the idea that just as national parks are protected, zoos also provide an opportunity for specific species to be protected in more safer places while at the same time utilizing this quest as an advantage to the public to be able to interact with these animals much closer. Critics however view this as a negative move and the idea of caging wild animals is unacceptable and they should be conserved and protected I their natural environments. This paper seeks to address this confusion by highlighting various advantages of zoos and also the negative implications drawing from various sources of literature to prove that zoos good both to animals and the societ