Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) youngster, caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique. No release available.
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Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) underwater view swimming in a pool, Anchorage Zoo, Alaska, USA. No release available.
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Jabruson / Mozambican children with captive Yellow Baboon youngster (Papio cynocephalus). Young animal caught during troop crop raiding. Pemba to Montepuez highway, north-eastern Mozambique, November 2011. Wildl...
01355272
Doc White / Girl in aquarium watching Beluga / White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) in aquarium. Captive. Model released.
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Xiang Xiang the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild, in pre release enclosure eating bamboo, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China
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Pete Oxford / Lake Titicaca with local Indian in traditional reed boat and Giant Titicaca frog {Telmatobius culeus} in foreground, captive release, Bolivia
01134497
Doug Perrine / Two Bottlenose dolphins {Tursiops truncatus} leaping from water. Captive release.
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Adrian Davies / Eurasian beaver {Castor fiber} - bred in captivity prior to release into wild, UK
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Suzi Eszterhas / Brown throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) owner of sloth sanctuary, Judy Avey-Arroyo, feeding cecropia seed pod to 2 month orphan baby, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Rica. Model release...
01399169
Tui De Roy / Hood island giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra hoodensis) captive bred young are branded in preparation for release back onto their island of origin, Tortoise breeding centre, Puerto, Isabela Island, N...
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Tui De Roy / Hood island giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra hoodensis), captive bred young are measured in preparation for release back onto their island of origin, Tortoise breeding centre, Puerto, Isabela Island,...
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Tui De Roy / Hood island giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra hoodensis) captive bred young awaitng release back onto their island of origin, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, November 2008
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Juergen Freund / Crates for transporting Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies by plane from Brisbane. Aafter months of care they are ready to be returned to the Tolga Bat Hospital for release back to...
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Roland Seitre / Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) hanging from branches. These monkeys have been captive bred and are being prepared for release into their natural forest habitat. Zoo Ave, San Jose, Costa...
01386363
Roland Seitre / Bird cages at the Ararinha Azul project (Little blue macaw project) Curaca, Bahia, Brazil, for the breeding and ultimate release of captive Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) Critically endangered spec...
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Roland Seitre / Sign for the Ararinha Azul project (Little blue macaw project) Curaca, Bahia, Brazil, for the breeding and ultimate release of captive Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) Critically endangered species
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Dave Watts / Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) being released following trapping program for DFTD - Devil Facial Tumour Disease, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
01355274
Doc White / Woman touching a Beluga / White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) Captive. Canada, summer. Model released.
01355273
Doc White / Beluga / White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) kissing a woman at a jetty. Captive. Model released.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Red kite (Milvus milvus) being held in mans hands ready for release into the wild by the Forestry Commission, Grizedale, Cumbria, UK, August 2011. Captive.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Red kite (Milvus milvus) in pen perched in a line, awaiting release as part of reintroduction programme by the Forestry Commission, Grizedale, Cumbria, UK, August 2011. Captive.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Red kite (Milvus milvus) fitted with radio transmitter just before release into the wild by the Forestry Commission, Grizedale, Cumbria, UK, August 2011. Captive.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Red kite (Milvus milvus) being held in mans hands, ready for release into the wild by the Forestry Commission, Grizedale, Cumbria, UK, August 2011. Captive.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Mixed flock of 4 month old and 16 month old Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus), released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, gathered to roost at sunset beside a dummy sur...
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Pete Oxford / Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) resting on river bank. Captive juvenile for release into the wild. Guarico Province, Venezuela.
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Pete Oxford / Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) with water lettuce on its back, on sandy river bank. Captive female for breeding to release young into the wild. Guarico Province, Venezuela.
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Pete Oxford / Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) resting on river bank. Captive female for release into the wild. Guarico Province, Venezuela.
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Pete Oxford / Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings ready for release, part of the Akumal Turtle Project. Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, October 2009.
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Pete Oxford / Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) juvenile has pit tag checked and will be released, individual came from captive breeding program, Baltra Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Pete Oxford / Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) juvenile being released, individual came from captive breeding program, Baltra Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Pete Oxford / Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) juvenile for release into the wild, Hato Masaguaral working farm and biological station, Venezuela
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Mark Carwardine / Northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) initial release into small enclosure at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, December 2009, Extinct in the wild, only eight left in captivity, critical...
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Tui De Roy / Saddleback Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra hoodensis) captive-bred young awaiting release back onto their islands of origin, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Saddleback Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra hoodensis) captive-bred young are measured and branded in preparation for release back onto their islands of origin, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Saddleback Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra hoodensis) captive-bred young awaiting release back onto its island of origin, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Xiang Xiang, the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild with army escort, Wolong Nature Reserve, China
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Xiang Xiang the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild, in pre release enclosure eating bamboo, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Xiang Xiang, the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild in pre-release enclosure, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Xiang Xiang, the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild in pre-release enclosure, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Xiang Xiang, the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild in pre-release enclosure, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Xiang Xiang, the first captive raised panda released into the wild, emerging from release cage, Wolong Nature Reserve, China
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Xiang Xiang, the first captive raised panda released into the wild, moving away from release site, Wolong Nature Reserve, China
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) carrying Xiang Xiang to release site, first captive-born panda to be released into the wild, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) head shot of Xiang Xiang in his pre-release enclosure, first captive raised panda to be released into the wild, endangered, China
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) release site for Xiang Xiang, first captive-born panda to be released into the wild, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) release site for Xiang Xiang, first captive-born panda to be released into the wild, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China
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Tui De Roy / King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) captive in anticipation for release, Andean foothills, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) captive in anticipation for release, Andean foothills, Ecuador
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Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, emerging from nest and crawling down beach to the sea, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
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Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, crawling down beach from nest, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
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Doug Perrine / Tracks of Australian flatback sea turtle hatchling(Natator depressus) from captive release programme, as it crawls down nesting beach to the sea, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
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Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchling (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, crawling down beach from nest, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
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Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchling (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, crawling down beach from nest, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
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Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, reach the sea after crawling down beach from nest, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
01193632
Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchling (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, crawling down nesting beach to the sea, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
01193638
Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, reach the sea after crawling down beach from nest, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
01193631
Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, crawling down nesting beach to ocean, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
01193637
Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchling (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, emerging from nest in sand, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
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Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, reach the sea after crawling down beach from nest, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
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Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, crawling down beach from nest, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
01193643
Doug Perrine / Group of Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, crawling down beach from nest to reach the sea, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Austral...
01193635
Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchlings (Natator depressus) from captive release programme, reaches the sea after crawling down beach from nest, Crab Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
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Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) hatchling swimming past coral reef out to sea from nesting beach, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, captive release programme
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Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle hatchling (Natator depressus) rises for a breath of air while swimming across shallow reef out to sea from nesting beach, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, captive r...
01188958
Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) hatchling swimming out to sea from nesting beach, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, captive release programme
01188959
Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) hatchling swimming out to sea from nesting beach, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, captive release programme
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Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) hatchling swimming out to sea from nesting beach, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, captive release programme
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Doug Perrine / Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) hatchling swimming out to sea from nesting beach, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, captive release programme
01178768
Steve Knell / Dormouse {Muscardinus avellanarius) hibernating, October 2006, Devon, UK (release scheme but captive bred)
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Steve Knell / Dormouse {Muscardinus avellanarius) with autumn berries, September 2006, Devon, UK (release scheme but captive bred)
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Steve Knell / Dormouse {Muscardinus avellanarius) with acorn and autumn berries, September 2006, Devon, UK (release scheme but captive bred)
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Steve Knell / Dormouse {Muscardinus avellanarius) with Bryony berries, September 2006, Devon, UK (release scheme but captive bred)
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Steve Knell / Dormouse {Muscardinus avellanarius) emerging from hole in tree, September 2006, Devon, UK (release scheme but captive bred)
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Steve Knell / Dormouse {Muscardinus avellanarius) hibernating, October 2006, Devon, UK (release scheme but captive bred)
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Steve Knell / Dormouse {Muscardinus avellanarius) hibernating, October 2006, Devon, UK (release scheme but captive bred).
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Michael Durham / Swallowtail (Papilionidae) butterfly held by eight year old Isabel before release in the coastal mountains of Oregon
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Michael Durham / Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) juvenile awaits release from a kennel carrier in a pasture near Joseph, Oregon
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Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Xiang Xiang's release into the wild with large crowd watching, Wolong Nature Reserve, China
01169798
Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferret {Mustela nigripes} being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Three Black-footed ferrets {Mustela nigripes} peering out of burrow - family group being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferrets {Mustela nigripes} family group, being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferret {Mustela nigripes} looking out of burrow at captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA, being prepared for release
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferrets {Mustela nigripes} family group being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferrets {Mustela nigripes} being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
01169810
Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferrets {Mustela nigripes} being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferret {Mustela nigripes} being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferrets {Mustela nigripes} family group being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
01169806
Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferrets {Mustela nigripes} family group, being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferret {Mustela nigripes} being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferret {Mustela nigripes} being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferrets {Mustela nigripes} family group, being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferrets {Mustela nigripes} family group being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferret {Mustela nigripes} being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferret {Mustela nigripes} being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferret {Mustela nigripes} being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
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Shattil & Rozinski / Black-footed ferrets {Mustela nigripes} family group being prepared for release. Captive breeding facility, Colorado, USA
