Sentence examples for difficulties in captivity from inspiring English sources

The action, and the explanation, cast a harsh spotlight on the role of zoos, a role that is increasingly being questioned as we learn more about wild animals and their difficulties in captivity.

Tells of the difficulty of feeding birds in captivity.

This is partly attributed to the difficulty in maintaining bats in captivity, their low offspring generation (often one per year) and importantly, the lack of genomic information currently available for these species.

Scientists are now trying – with difficulty – to rear the hilsa in captivity, and Bengalis are reluctantly being forced to switch to other types of fish.

His father, Bob Bergdahl, said that Bowe was having difficulty speaking English after so long in captivity.

The difficulty has been in recreating those conditions in captivity.

These animals do not reproduce well in captivity, due to the difficulty of handling musth bulls and limited understanding of female oestrous cycles.

Although sample sizes are small for each species, the difficulty in acquiring specimens or keeping individuals in captivity make even these small sample sizes extremely valuable and worthy of study.

A first step towards overcoming these difficulties is to observe the behaviour of birds under controlled conditions in captivity [11], [12].

With so many elephants now in captivity and with free-living elephants now facing such difficulties, maybe one way to think of it is this: elephants belong where they are born.

Some zoos have had difficulty keeping fishers alive since they are susceptible to many diseases in captivity.