We all love to go to the zoo and aquarium to visit all of the animals, but at what cost is our enjoyment? Many people don’t often take into consideration how the domestication of these animals can hurt their well being as well as our own. In 2018, a man in India was mauled by a bear after reportedly ‘trying to take a selfie with the animal’. A Forest Ranger turned up not long after and reported the man dead. Many people will go too close to these animals in the wild because they are so used to seeing them behind glass at the zoo, that they don’t fully understand the animals’ danger. In fact in 2014 it was trendy to take pictures with bears, which became such a problem because so many people were participating that the US Forest Service was forced to make an announcement warning people not to get so close to the animals. Zoos are also harmful to the animals well being. The animals often grow up in captivity and don’t know a world outside of their enclosure. Sometimes though the zoos will find injured animals and give them a safe haven while nursing them back to health which is beneficial, But oftentimes the animals are mistreated and become depressed. An article known as Imprint describes the down sides that many animals face being confined to small spaces, “Zoochosis is a neurological disorder that plagues nearly 80 percent of zoo animals, and is characterized by symptoms of anxiety and depression in zoo animals. A notable case of Zoochosis was demonstrated by Gus the polar bear in the Central Park Zoo. According to Slate’s Animal Blog, after swimming figure eights in his enclosure, sometimes for 12 hours a day, Gus, nicknamed the “bi-polar bear,” was put on Prozac (an antidepressant) and was treated to roughly $25,000 worth of behavioral therapy.” This concludes how there is an issue with zoos and aquariums because the animals are often mistreated and it gives people a misplaced sense of power.