As animal rights activists and scientists draw increasing attention to the health and ethical implications of keeping wild animals in captivity, there has been considerable debate about the future of zoos. While some commentators argue that zoos should be abolished, others maintain that zoos will continue to have an important role to play in education, conservation, and research. Carefully read Sources A through D (listed below), including the introductory information for each source. Compose a thesis statement you might use for an essay in which you develop your position on the role, if any, that zoos should serve in the future. Then, select at least three pieces of evidence from the sources to support your position, briefly explaining how each piece of evidence might be used to develop your argument. Avoid merely summarizing the sources.

Source A (PETA)

Source B (Clay)

Source C (Worland)

Source D (chart)

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.