Sentence examples similar to sheltered captivity from inspiring English sources
(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).
Whereas more than 300 Western Lowlands mountain gorillas are in captivity in America, perhaps as few as three of these beautiful but endangered primates are sheltering in zoos on their home continent.
Many wind up lost or abandoned at a city shelter, where they face months of captivity or euthanasia, they say.
After being held overnight without shelter or food, 50 animals were chosen for a life of captivity.
Titan, Mali and Java's ordeal — shuttling from facility to facility and living in cramped captivity after being rescued from zoos, private homes and failing shelters — is an all-too-familiar situation in the United States, cat activists say.
They were cited for their biodiversity and for their role in Jamaica's history as a place of shelter and settlement for escaping Taino slaves and Maroons (enslaved Africans who fled captivity and formed communities in the highlands).
Valerian died in captivity.
