Sentence examples for breeding in captivity from inspiring English sources

With the aim of contributing to the development of breeding in captivity for conservative purposes, captive broodstock of the European long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) was established with 32 wild seahorses captured in Galicia (NW Spain).

In the mid-1980s there were only 25 of them in existence, and now, after years of breeding in captivity, there are 85 condors flying free in California.

Cousteau's intervention comes just one month after the embattled theme park company announced it would stop its program of orca breeding in captivity, but would not completely release the animals.

The zoo is engaged in augmenting populations of Bali mynahs and cottontop tamarins through breeding in captivity.

The black form may be an example of heterozygote advantage; breeding in captivity is not yet conclusive on this.

Recently, in the United States, a California Congressman, Adam Schiff, announced his intention to introduce The Orca Act, federal legislation with comparable intent, specifically to phase out Orca whales from aquatic parks by prohibiting the future taking of animals from the wild or breeding in captivity for the purpose of public display.

As part of the conservation efforts, a breeding-in-captivity program was initiated in 1992 at a Swedish breeding center for endangered species ("The Nordic Ark").

If you are breeding tigers in captivity, apparently cage size impacts on the likelihood of breeding success.

She had no offspring; breeding sharks in captivity is difficult.

Simón says they began breeding lynxes in captivity in case they became extinct in the wild.

Their solitary nature is part of what has made breeding them in captivity so difficult.