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25 of the 33 orcas on display in the US, Argentina, Spain, and France were born in captivity. Six of the seven displayed in Japan are captive-born. An additional 13 orcas reported in China and Russia were captured in Russian waters.
7. Aug. 2021 · This is no surprise — we understand the strain of captivity as we experience it. But how do animals fare under the same circumstances? Putting aside the billions of domesticated livestock around the world, some 800,000 wild or captive-born animals reside in accredited American zoos and aquariums alone .
8. Aug. 2023 · Many animals in zoos are born in captivity, but that’s not the case for all. Many animals are taken directly from the wild, often when they are babies, to make the transition to captivity a bit easier. At times, this is done in the name of conservation, or when a wild animal is very ill.
24. Mai 2021 · A recent systematic review and meta-analysis investigating birth origin effects on reproductive success revealed captive-born animals have substantially lower reproductive success in...
- Katherine A. Farquharson, Carolyn J. Hogg, Catherine E. Grueber
- 2021
25. März 2019 · Seventy orcas have been born in captivity around the world since 1977 (not counting another 30 that were stillborn or died in utero), according to records in two databases maintained by...
As of 24 March 2024, around 55 orcas are in captivity worldwide, 33 of which were captive-born. [1] [2] At that time, there were 18 orcas in the SeaWorld parks. [3] The practice of keeping orcas in captivity is controversial, due to the separation from their familial pod during capture, and their living conditions and health in captivity. [4] .
“Release to the wild is not automatically in the best interests of the animal,” says Dr Chris Draper head of animal welfare and captivity at Born Free – a charity that campaigns to keep animals in the wild.
