Behind the Sugar Coated Eye It's dark, quiet, and you're all alone. You whimper and scream for help but no one seems to hear you. The people you thought were family abandoned you, left you all alone in a small, confined cage. There is no other place to use the bathroom than where you are. The horrible smell of your stool is getting worse by the second. The only food they left for you, you ate on the first day. Now the only thing keeping you alive is your desperation to eat and drink your own waste and your will to survive. You are a dog left to die by your owners, with the idea that you are inferior to humans and have no real importance or value. This is an example of how some animals are treated and it doesn't just happen in that trash can in everyone's neighborhood. Since the dawn of time, animals have had the right to do whatever they want in their own habitat. Over time, these rights gradually faded with the increasing use of animals as entertainment. Animals do not belong in a zoo for personal viewing pleasure, nor do they belong in a cage in someone's home for days. Almost all the children went to the zoo. At the zoo we see different animals in created habitats eating prepared foods. A variety of different animals are either captured or born to amuse humans and, in most cases, for profit. The freedom rights taken away from animals to make us smile are not essential to our survival. Animals raised outside of their natural habitat cannot survive among their peers in the wild. The zoo and circus are excellent examples of animal misuse and abuse. Zoo and circus animals could not coexist due to the difference in freedom. There would also be fewer animal attacks. Zoos and circuses argue that the medium of paper is a world among other humans that we can adapt. The same should be true for animals. This is actually a logical error. When animals are raised and placed in a created environment, away from their natural society, they are prisoners. Animal rights are just as important as human rights and zoos and circuses are prime examples of suppressing these rights. Works Cited Goldston, Linda. “http://www.lexisnexis.com.cscc.ohionet.org/hottopics/lnacademic/.” September 6, 1999. Lexisnexis.com. Newspaper . April 23, 2014. American Association of Zoos and Aquariums. AZA Handbook of Federal Wildlife Regulations. Vol 1: Protected species. Vol 2 A & B: Laws and regulations. 1994. Bethesda, MD: America Zoo and Aquarium Association. Cohen, C. and Regan, T. The Animal Rights Debate. 2001. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Rothbard, MN Animal “rights.” 2007. Article. New York Times