The monkeys swing from branch to branch singing their calls of the wild. ... As a child, I remember learning about these wild animals in school. ... The programs they use are called captive breeding programs. ... They also take in wild animals that can no longer take care of themselves in the wild. ... A local zoo here in Grand Rapids called the John Ball Zoo interested me in learning about this concept of zoos. ...

• Word Count: 1606
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As stated by Corrine Henn, "For thousands of years, humans have put wild animals on display for the sake of our entertainment.... Animals in the wild have been declining drastically since zoos have been in existence. ... The prisons zoo animals have to call home, compare nothing to what their natural habitat could provide for them. ... "The environment zoos present to the public is entirely artificial; the animals have nothing like their wild counterparts. ... " Zoos only cause unnecessary pain for these animals when they could be living their lives free in the wild. ...

• Word Count: 2902
• Approx Pages: 12
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Watching the pulse of different creeks and the Yaak river itself - skinny in autumn, icy but poisoned in winter - wild, joyful, and enormous in spring, then steady and clear on into summer, with caddis flies and mayflies rising from it every evening, and the giant spruce and fir trees shadowing it, keeping it cool and alive . . ." - "The Book Of Yaak" by Rick Bass. ... He speaks of Wild Places and how if we lose the Yaak valley to corporate logging and the timber industry, a piece of ourselves and our history will be lost as well. When Bass and his wife first moved to the Yaak valley, ...

• Word Count: 1835
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

This does not even include the impact that the constant exposure to humans has on the so-called wild animals. ... The call for change in the tourism industry is not just a call for change among large corporations in the industry. Instead, the call for change is also to tourist themselves. ...

• Word Count: 1444
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

An international treaty known as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora went into effect in 1975 to outlaw the trade of endangered animals and animal parts. ... The male spotted owl defends his territory by calling at dusk and at night with his loud, deep calls that sound somewhat like a barking dog. ...

• Word Count: 977
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The things that live out in the wild are paying the price for it. ... That threat is a disease called white-nosed syndrome, a disease that currently is affecting a potentially serious number of bats in the northeastern United States and possibly in Canada and even Europe. any thousands of bats have already died and others are sure to suffer a similar fate. ...

• Word Count: 1999
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate