The phrase "captive animals" refers to living creatures that are kept confined or imprisoned, often by humans, instead of being able to freely roam in their natural environment. Full definition
The plight of captive animals getting the care and living environment they need is one that quite a few conservation photographers have taken on to varied degrees. (treehugger.com)
Until recently, researchers could study signature whistles only in captive animals — raising the question of whether the whistle developed in response to capture, isolation, or stress. (sciencemag.org)
One thing about working with captive animals is that sometimes you can forget exactly how ultimately cool they can be when put in an out - of - the - ordinary context. (petbusiness.com)