Sentence examples for using captive from inspiring English sources

Zoo officials often talk about the Arabian oryx, which was once extinct in the wild and now has a wild population of a thousand, thanks to reintroduction programs, using captive animals, that began in the nineteen-eighties.

The contact angles were measured by using captive drop system.

Contact angle was calibrated with respect to wall interaction parameters using captive drops and observed LaPlace pressure differences across interfaces.

The palatability of different batches of bait was evaluated against a standardised palatable control bait using captive badgers.

But most such cross-species comparisons have been made using captive chimps, says anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman of the University of California, Santa Cruz.

All performance statistics summarise result of tests in a laboratory, using captive specimens.

Ian Smillie, a Canadian expert on the international trade in blood diamonds, testified Monday that the militias, using captives for labor, took over Sierra Leone's diamond fields, producing gems that were among the world's most valuable per carat.

Reintroduction programs using captive-bred Andean condors, which release birds hatched in North American zoos into the wild to bolster populations, have been introduced in Argentina, Venezuela, and Colombia.

The book also delves into claims that Pyongyang used captive foreigners to produce children that could be sent to the world outside as regime spies.

Sometimes she uses captive animals as models, like a disabled bald eagle and peregrine falcon that live at the sanctuary and are always ready for a close-up.

"In reality, regulatory constraints mean that it is almost impossible to use vertically owned content to the advantage of distribution, and it is equally impossible to use captive distribution to the advantage of vertically owned content," analyst Craig Moffett said.