captivity

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Chase’s mother once lived in the wild, but Chase was born in captivity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"It's like a second birthday. There are no words. You get goosebumps. It brings tears to your eyes," Yaroslav Rumyantsev, who was released after 39 months in Russian captivity, said.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

In the wild, the species typically has a lifespan of 15-18 years but they have been known to live beyond 20 in captivity.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Five years later, all the remaining wild condors were captured and bred in captivity to try to stave off extinction.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

The princes’ efforts to breed cheetahs in captivity failed, and not until 1960 did even biologists in modern zoos achieve their first successful cheetah birth.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond