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ts with the opportunity to study animals over a period to time. Scientific research conducted on zoo animals adds to human knowledge, and it benefits animals too. Treatments for diseases which have been developed for animals in captivity can be made available for all animals. Another advantage of having zoos is the possibility they provide for captive breeding programs. Animals’ species which are endangered or on the edge of extinction can be encouraged to breed within a controlled, protective environment. This is crucial for such animals as white rhino, pandas and tigers. However, some animals in zoos are not treated well. Sometimes their living quarters are cramped and unnatural. It is mon to see tige rs and panthers pacing the floors of their cages for hours 嘉興英語教學(xué)網(wǎng) 收集整 理 歡迎使用 第 2 頁 共 4 頁 bang their heads against the walls of their enclosure. Their plight can be much worse in countries where economic hardship causes their food to be rationed and their health neglected. In some parts of the former Soviet Union keepers struggle to look after the animals with little funding even for their own wages. This is no doubt that people will cont inue to want to be able to see wild animals in captivity. However, people should make sure that the animals that live in a zoo and give us so much pleasure have a good life themselves. 答案與解析: Background information in the introd uction paragraph: 答案: Human being