In light of the recent preventable tragedy at the Cincinnati Zoo, where three year old Isiah Dickerson nearly lost his life, and Harambe, the critically endangered Western Lowland Gorilla, was shot to death in front of children and their families, we would like to pass Isiah and Harambe's Law, which calls for a federal mandate to close zoos and enterprises seeking to exploit wildlife.

Zoos are inherently dangerous and do not serve conservation. The vast majority of animal species in zoos are not on the endangered list, and the ones who are will likely never be rehabilitated to their natural habitat. 

Zoos should not be allowed to breed animals for entertainment purposes, and they must take responsibility for the damages created, from breeding wild animals in captivity, by converting the premises into sanctuaries for the animals that they presently house. Facilities should be accredited as a sanctuary and desist from bringing the public in direct contact with wild animals, and charging the public to see animals, as the act of keeping wild animals in captivity for entertainment is dangerous and inhumane.

Here is just a short list of some zoo disasters:

2015: Keepers at Duisburg Zoo in Germany shot dead a male orangutan who tried to escape, saying that a sedative would have taken too long to take effect.
2015: Dozens of animals — including lions, tigers, monkeys and crocodiles — died from hunger or thirst at the Khan Younis Zoo in the Gaza Strip when they were left without care during the Palestinian and Israeli conflict.
2012: A polar bear in Buenes Aires Zoo overheated and died. (Another heat-stressed and depressed polar bear named Arturo is currently held at an Argentinian zoo and, despite public pressure, the zoo Director has refused to have him relocated.)
2008: A leaked memo revealed that a zookeeper at Melbourne Zoo had stabbed an elephant, Dokkoon, more than a dozen times with a sharp metal spike. The same memo exposed that a male gorilla, Rigo, had been kept in isolation for 16 years and four seals suffered partial blindness from the chlorine in the tiny pool they were kept in for up to three years while a $20 million dollar enclosure was built.
2007: A kangaroo was euthanised after being hit by a train that runs through the Cleveland Zoo.
2004: A 13-year-old male gorilla, Jabari, escaped from Dallas Zoo and was shot and killed by police.
2002: Flooding enclosures in Prague Zoo led to an elephant and hippopotamus being euthanised to ‘save’ them from drowning.
2000: An 18-year-old sloth bear named Medusa died of dehydration when Toledo Zoo officials locked her in a den to hibernate, not knowing that her species does not hibernate. (source: onegreenplanet)