Prolonged keeping of wildlife in captivity imposes a lot of stress on the animals.
South Africa proposed new laws that would end the "canned hunting" of wildlife bred in captivity to be shot in closed reserves by wealthy tourists.
Many buyers of this low-end Hummer, called the H2, sound like evangelists and speak of other modern sport utilities as the vehicle of soccer moms -- tame family haulers little different from zoo-bound wildlife too long in captivity.
But those states refused to take the refugees, and the animals remained in captivity, enraging wildlife protection agencies, until a disused mine area on the fringe of the city was declared a sanctuary.
CCPP has been shown to infect wildlife species held in captivity for conservation purposes in Qatar [ 13] but has also been detected in free-ranging wildlife in Tibet [ 14].
In 1972, he found a dead baby of about 50 days old, which had presumably been born in captivity, at his wildlife park at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
Brutus, raised in captivity, was living at an overcrowded wildlife park when Anderson rescued him from euthanasia and built a sanctuary just for him.
Breed et al. (2009) discuss the importance of disease considerations in the captivity, translocation, and reintroduction of endangered wildlife.
This is Morgan's story but her ordeal is about so much more and her journey into captivity raises serious questions about whether international wildlife regulations, and the individuals and governments responsible for enforcing them, are doing enough to defend the wildlife they are supposed to protect, or if rather they are supporting an exploitive industry.
Early one morning, after a quick breakfast, Eric and I got into his late-model Honda and drove 20 minutes south from Kuching to the Semenggoh Nature Reserve, whose wildlife center was established 35 years ago to rehabilitate jungle animals rescued from captivity.
