Being in a Prison Vs. Being in a Zoo

Being in a Prison Vs. Being in a Zoo

Rafferty

Just imagine your self, inside a small dark room, on the cold, hard floor and behind bars. "Welcome to your new home," says the officer in a dark uniform with shiny, polished badges hanging from the pocket. Zoos and prisons are two very different things, although they differ, they also have many similarities. They may vary from all sorts of things such as being behind bars, to capturing animals from the wild. 

Jails and zoos have many things in common. For example, animals in the zoos, and convicts are both depressed throughout their stay. Although, whilst you visit animals in the zoo they may seem happy. But behind all unfaithful lies and fibs that the zoos tell you, is where the ugly truth lies. Another example would be that they are both held captive and whether you’re an animal or not. Nobody would ever be happy to be held captive, in a cage or a ‘habitat’ which zoos make for the animal; probably all your life. Not everything is bad in a jail/ zoo because you are still taken care of or being treated horribly/abused by the zookeepers and prison guards. Even though you are being kept in a prison/zoo, you are being taken care of and it’s also free! As you can see, under all the assumptions of being kept behind bars, depression, and being taken care of, you are still part of a “community”.   

In jail, people are captured for lawbreaking. These people are called prisoners. They are either guilty or falsely accused. The prisoners are locked up and they are kept there until they are released. You stay in a cell with either a room mate or alone. Staying in jail may not sound as fun as it is because it is where the most dangerous people live and stay. Many are even kept in there for life! As for the zoo, it is a place where animals are captured from the wild without a choice. These animals are taken care of by their zoo keepers which are hired from the money received from visitors for their recreation. The animals have no choice to leave and they are owned by the country/town/zoo. They are captured for display and they must entertain their audience. Some animals are kept there for research and breeding. These differences sum up to being behind bars, locked up for lawbreaking and being kept as a "prisoner" of entertainment.

As you can see, being behind bars isn't as fun as it sounds. You may be taken  care of, but you have no choice to leave if you are an animal. It is very depressing for both the animal and the prisoner in all conditions. We should all learn from this and we shouldn't commit any crimes or capture any more animals from the wild.