Sentence examples for except in captivity from inspiring English sources
"If it continues at this rate of course within 10-15 years there will be none, except in captivity, which is absolutely something we can't allow".
It excepts ownership of cetaceans already in captivity or in care or rehabilitation from injury or other distress.
(Until recently, the park sheltered the world's last wild population of the northern white rhinoceros as well, but, except for three individual animals in captivity, that species has been poached into extinction).
The dolphins, all of whom were born in captivity, have never had the opportunity to hear a whale sing except on the soundtrack to their daily shows at the French aquatic park Planète Sauvage.
He died in captivity in 1736.
Their sons were in captivity.
Tom suffered deeply in captivity.
Her stepdaughter remained in captivity.
The other four hostages remain in captivity.
She was the first orca in captivity.
Bonobos are not often kept in captivity.
