The bear has never known the wild, being born in captivity to captive parents.
But often, a trader will say that an animal is "captive bred", meaning its parents were born in captivity as well.
Before 1974, the number of animals introduced from the wild in world captive population was greater than animals born in captivity.
Born in captivity, Tao Tao is now being billed as the first successful reintroduction of a captive-born panda in history, mostly thanks to hot, steamy panda porn that teaches them the mechanics necessary to mate in the wild.
Ethical approval was not required as all DNA was obtained from archived tissue samples taken from animals that were captive born in the UK and that died of natural causes or that were euthanized for reasons unrelated to the current research.
Mr. Hamdi, like the new captive, was born in the United States but raised abroad — in his case, Saudi Arabia.
The 3-day-old cub, the first captive giant panda born in 2002, was smaller than my hand and weighed 162 grams, less than a coffee mug.
(Apparently, Endora had been pregnant when she arrived from the wild in 1991). Next, the first infant conceived from a captive breeding, Goblin, was born in October 1992, to Ozma and Mephistopheles.
It is also the first time the government has revealed any substantial information about how Mr. Hamdi, born in Louisiana and raised in Saudi Arabia, became a captive.
No fish born in the hatchery was kept all its life in captivity and used as a captive breeder.
