Captivity definition

Captivity means the condition in which an animal is contained in an enclosed cage, carrier, aquarium, or similar device, yard, or enclosure that prohibits the natural movement of the animal.
Captivity means a live raptor that is held in a controlled environment which is intensively manipulated by humans for the purpose of producing raptors of selected species, and which has boundaries designed to prevent raptors, eggs or gametes of the selected species from entering or leaving the controlled environment.
Captivity means a live raptor that is held in a controlled environment which is

Examples of Captivity in a sentence

  • In: Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and techniques, D.G. Kleiman, K.V. Thompson and C.K. Bear (eds.), The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, United States, pp.

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among Asian Elephants in Captivity.

  • Captivity permits shall not be issued for wild turkey, black bear, deer, elk or any other member of the family Cervidae except as described in Subparagraph (a)(3) of this Rule.

  • Richard John Neuhaus, “Liberation Theology and the Cultural Captivity of the Gospel,” in On Liberation Theology, ed.

  • In: Kleiman, D.G., Thompson, K.V. & Bear,C.K. (Eds.) Wild Mammals in Captivity – Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management, Second Edition.


More Definitions of Captivity

Captivity means that living wildlife is held in a controlled environment that is intensively manipulated by man for the purpose of producing wildlife of the selected species, and that has boundaries designed to prevent animal, eggs or gametes of the selected species from entering or leaving the controlled environment. General characteristics of captivity may include but are not limited to artificial housing, waste removal, health care, protection from predators, and artificially supplied food.
Captivity means the keeping of a breeder deer in an enclosure suitable for and capable of retaining the breeder deer it is designed to retain at all times under reasonable and ordinary circumstances and to prevent entry by another deer. The term includes the temporary keeping of a breeder deer in a vehicle or trailer.
Captivity means the state of being held under control or kept caged or penned.
Captivity means a live raptor held in a controlled environment that is intensively manipulated by man for the purpose of producing raptors of selected species, and that has boundaries designated to prevent raptors, eggs or gametes of the selected species from entering or leaving the controlled environment. General characteristics of captivity may include, but are not limited to, artificial housing, waste removal, health care, and protection from predators, and artificially supplied foods.
Captivity means that iive waterfowl are held in a controlled environment that is intensively manipulated by man for the purpose of producing waterfowl of selected species, and that has boundaries designed to pre­ vent waterfowl, eggs or gametes of the selected species from entering or leaving the controlled environment. General characteristics of captivity may include, but are not limited to, artificial housing, waste removal, health care, protection from predators, and artificially supplied food.
Captivity means the keeping of game animals in an enclosure suitable for and capable of retaining the animal it is designed to retain at all times under reasonable and ordinary circumstances and to prevent entry by another animal.
Captivity means when eggs or live organisms are held in a controlled or selected aquatic environment that has boundaries designed to prevent such eggs or live organisms from entering or leaving the controlled environment.