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Both species cannot be legally imported into Australia or kept, bred or sold.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

In a coordinated captive breeding program, conservationists trapped wild cats and bred them under carefully controlled conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The juice was made using tomatoes specially bred to contain elevated levels of lycopene and was fortified with soy isoflavone extract.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Eels bred in captivity will be sold in Japanese shops for the first time, in a move that could ease eventually pressure on the endangered fish, officials said Wednesday.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

She had been born here, bred here, she knew it all, she belonged here more than I should ever do.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier