2018/1

TOPIC

Is it acceptable to keep animals in zoos?

（英検準１級　2018年第1回過去問より）

     I think that it is acceptable to keep animals in zoos. I have two reasons to support my oppinion.

     First of all, it is important to preserve endanger spicies. There is a growing tendency that number of creature species decrease. There are a lot of reasons why they decrease, such as climate change, Arctic warming, and so on.  Keeping animals at zoos enable us to save them from becoming extinct. 

     Second of all, it is said that going to a zoo give us opportunities to learn about life style of wild animals. For example, most people do not have chances to meet real wild polour bear because they exist in Arctic. Visiting zoos have positive effects on education of children.

     For above mentioned two reasons, I believe that more animals should be kept in zoos.