Sentence examples for been bred in captivity from inspiring English sources

Least disturbing to me were the cages of budgies and munias that had possibly been bred in captivity.

Eric Goode, who heads the Turtle Conservancy, says the turtles do not appear to have been bred in captivity.

Various other colours of chinchilla have been bred in captivity, where they can survive 20 years or more.

The young lizards have been bred in captivity at a number of locations including Chester and Marwell zoos and even specially modified back gardens.

Burgess said the beavers, which had been bred in captivity in Devon, appeared to take to their new situation "perfectly well".

She has been bred in captivity and has never been kept with a male, British scientists say in the journal Nature.

T. graeca can be bred in captivity, and captive offspring could thus be used to replace wild populations (or be used for the pet market to protect wild animals from illegal trade).

In fishes, partial captive propagation, where some or all members of a population are bred in captivity and their offspring are released back into the wild (e.g. hatcheries), is often employed to increase numbers of individuals that enter and survive such critical periods or to avert such critical periods altogether.

Such differences will grow as strains are bred in captivity.

Atka, whose name means "guardian spirit" in Inuit, was bred in captivity, which explains his gregariousness.

Unable to be bred in captivity, the last documented specimen died in the Hobart Zoo in 1936.