in captivity
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A black bear in captivity awaits handouts at the the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, Maine, July 25, 2014.
About half of them died in captivity, many thousands of them aboard prison ships anchored in Brooklyn’s Wallabout Bay, later home of that borough’s Navy Yard.
A few observations were made of the animal in captivity, but only limited, anecdotal evidence exists of the animal's behaviour in the wild.
After twenty two years in captivity the zany Warner siblings are back, bursting out of the Warner Tower and back into fans' homes.
Also birds, insects and animals are released by the thousands in what is known as a 'symbolic act of liberation'; of giving freedom to those who are in captivity, imprisoned, or tortured against their will.
Among the pithy quips attributed to Gloria Steinem over the years is this reply to why she wasn’t interested in getting married: “I can’t mate in captivity.”