can captive animals survive when released back into the wild?

Answer 1

It depends on what is it,for how much time the animal was in captive and from when to when.

Generally captivated animals(being in captive for more than a year) donot adapt to their sorroundings if they were to be released in the wild and die within weeks or are killed by other animals.Also they are not accepted by their own community :(

Answer 2

Do you mean they were originally wild or domesticated?

Wild animals can be released but it depends on how they were handled in captivity and what animal it is. For example; deer when caught have a response that is fatal, so not many can be brought into captivity.

The animal needs to retain its ability to fend for itself; to get food, stay away from humans, etc.

Answer 3

Young animals continually find their way into the homes of nature lovers throughout Zimbabwe; many of these are intentionally captured while others are illegally offered for sale to such people. Other animals are genuinely orphaned as a result of some mishap while some may have been injured or are sick and need urgent care.

Most of these animals are carefully reared and looked after and many survive to maturity. While small, they are indeed appealing and fun to have around the house, yet once adult, this appeal lessens. They can then become aggressive, difficult to keep clean and a nuisance, and at this stage very often become dangerous, especially so far as young children are concerned.

It is at this stage that Chipangali is approached to take over the responsibility of such animals.

It has been clearly established over the years that most hand-reared animals do not survive once released back into the wild. In the course of being in captivity they have become so accustomed to their human foster parents and often unnatural diets that they cannot adjust to the harsher environment in which they find themselves. However, whenever possible, many animals are rehabilitated to the wild.

Over the years (since 1973) many species have been released back into the wild. These have included many troops of monkeys and baboobs, night apes and bushbabies, warthogs, bushpigs, crocodiles, jackals, wild dogs, brown hyaena and a large number of birds of prey and other birds, especially owls.

The troops of monkeys and baboons usually consisted of individually animals brought to the orphanage as ex-pets, orphaned or injured animals. Over a period of several years they are integrated into troops varying in size from 15 to 28 animals per troop. They are then introduced to predators and natural diets before eventually being released into areas where their movements can be monitored and where the habitat is suitable for them.

There are many reasons why some captive animals cannot be placed back in the wild. One of the biggest problems is that of over-population of humans. It therefore leaves little room for the rehabilitation of animals such as lions, leopards etc. These could not even be put back into the National Parks as there are wild populations with already well established territories. Should these animals move out of the Parks, they are immediately shot by the surrounding land owners who have no desire to lose livestock to predators.

At the time of writing (May 2003) there are over 150 mammals at the orphanage representing 25 species. While some of these will still be returned back into the wild in the near future, permanent residents include lions, leopards, brown hyaena, spotted hyaena, servals, caracals, genets, blue duiker, common duiker, steenbok, klipspringer, zebra, kudu, monkeys and baboons and several other species. In addition the collection consists of a large group of diurnal birds of prey, many owls, hornbills and dozens of species of waterfowl and other birds. A few species of snakes (including Black Mambas), crocodiles, leguvaans and tortoises complete the scene.

Answer 4

They can, if they're rehabilitated back into their natural habitat. (Trained how to be wild again.) Some Animal shelters have their volunteers hide food outdoors, for the animal to learn how to hunt, or they introduce them to a group of animals of that same species, to try and get the animal to go with the group.
Now, letting an animal out of the zoo, an dexpecting it to live on its own, no.. because there's no time spent training the wild animal to survive on its own.

Answer 5

you are able to yet is prohibited as they pose a probability to the wild inhabitants. puppy reptiles have outfitted up imunaties to deseases that the wild ones have not. notwithstanding the pets can transmit theses deseases to the wild inhabitants without the man relecing the animal understanding that the puppy replaced into worrying it. very like how the british delivered small pocks to the nataves. The puppy might want to servive yet probable no longer because there'll be deseasis that the wild inhabitants is imune to notwithstanding the puppy isn't. they'll kill eachother off.

Answer 6

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