Animal welfare in zoos and environmental bioethics

Abstract

The zoos are aimed at species conservation, professional development and improvement, scientific research, environmental education and leisure. However, the population searches for zoos mainly for recreation and recreation, and most visitors are families with children who want to enjoy wildlife in company, being less important education, escape and introspection, the officialization of zoos requires the fulfillment of requirements regulated by the legislation of each country, the acquisition of these animals must also obey the strict norms of importation or collection in natural habitat, and the indigenous fauna cannot be sold or exchanged with other establishments unless permission is given and endorsed by the competent organs, conditioned to surplus animals and Having been born in captivity, within the priorities and moral obligations of zoos lies the demand to provide conditions for the animals to exhibit natural behaviors and automatically optimize animal welfare conditions.