Sentence examples for captive population from inspiring English sources

Before 1974, the number of animals introduced from the wild in world captive population was greater than animals born in captivity.

"Basically, we're trying to freeze evolution in the captive population," he said.

In all, 99 people were interviewed — not everyone in the car, but a large cross section of this captive population.

But the captive population has made a comeback in recent years, providing a ready supply for foreign zoos.

The zoo's exhibition, Rock Island, is home to the largest captive population of African penguins in North America.

Success has exceeded expectations, and the captive population passed three hundred last year, far ahead of schedule.

A small captive population remained at the Cincinnati Zoo, including a pair patriotically named George and Martha, but there would be no new feathered nation.

A natural disaster or virus could wipe them all out, so "keeping a captive population," argues one of the keepers, "is vital".

He is to say: "In prisons there is a literally captive population whose inability to read properly or master basic mathematics makes them prime candidates for reoffending.

They will not insist - as the commission had proposed - that drug companies must show compelling reasons for using a captive population for their testing.

Since 1995, the captive population has exploded from just 10 to around 500, driven by a number of South African breeders.