Animals Behind Bars
Animals Behind Bars
Animals Behind Bars
GENETIC DIVERSITY
If zoo keepers do not take special care in making sure animals do not
inbred with eachother, mutations occur. In the UK captive bred Snow
Leopards were born with congenital deformities.
Spread of Disease
•Captive bred animals can pose a threat to wild populations by carrying diseases.
•Black Rhino contracted Haemolytic Anaemia, the body’s immune system attacks its
own red blood cells
•Animals in zoos, such as Antelope, Osterich, and Big Cats in this country and abroad,
were found to have a form of BSE, commonly known as Mad-Cow disease.
•Black Footed Ferrets were found to have Canine Distemper, contagious, incurable,
often fatal, multisystemic viral disease that affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and
central nervous systems.
•In 1997 an Elephant died from Enteritis, an inflammation of the small intestine,
caused by Salmonella.
Horrible Habitats
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