Sentence examples for survival in captivity from inspiring English sources

Sarah Long, director of the Population Management Center in Chicago, said zoos started with too few animals of each species, and many do not have enough genetic variation to ensure their long-term survival in captivity.

The aquarium trade targets species having a combination of aesthetic appeal, as well as life history attributes that aid survival in captivity.

Pilot whales have low survival rates in captivity, with the average annual survival being 0.51 during the mid-1960s to early '70s.

Research has shown that Orcas indeed have a much lower survival rate in captivity; however, there is no significant difference between wild and captive survival rates for Bottlenose dolphins.

The IUCN's hyena specialist group identifies the spotted hyena's negative reputation as detrimental to the species' continued survival, both in captivity and the wild.

The kingfisher and the rail survive in captivity.

Two P. suturalis subspecies survive in captivity.

There are myriad whale-related issues is discussion today: the continuing hunting of whales, particularly by the Japanese; the impact of seismic testing on whale navigation and migration; the frequent, inexplicable stranding of whales ashore; and the survival of whales in captivity, either in aquariums or entertainment spectacles like Sea World and others.

These trends pose conservation concerns; the former because catch and release is not universally practiced and the post-release survival rate is unknown, the latter because this species does not survive well in captivity.

A similar survival analysis in rhesus monkeys in captivity determined that 25% survival occurred at approximately 26 years of age [13].

The survival of the species in captivity is more assured than in the wild; the World Conservation Union estimates that there are fewer than 3,000 pygmy hippos remaining in the wild.