Second, zoos are the place that saves endangered species. According to www.endangeredearth.com reported that there are now 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List, and 16,306 of them are endangered species threatened with extinction.(1) Some endangered species are very worth. Many hunter want to hunt them for selling at the black market. Even though having animal protection laws but it has some people always smuggle to hunt these animals.
If we keep endangered species in the zoos. The animals will get a protection.
The objective of the zoos are conservation of endangered species of animals.
Doris Lin, Animal Rights Expert said that " Zoos save endangered species by bringing them into a safe environment, where they are protected from poachers, habitat loss, starvation and predators." (2) Besides, many zoos have breeding programs for endangered species. If the animals exist in the wild, it is hard to finding suitable mate and breeding by themselves. So, zoos are good because zoos can increase endangered species.