"Art" - Blue and Gold Macaw

With only around 30 left in the wild and around 100 left in captivity, the Amur leopard is the rarest big cat on our planet. Even at this critical level, there is still hope. In conjunction John Lewis of Wildlife Vets International we are working on a breeding programme that will ultimately lead to reintroducing Amur leopards into the wild.

Mei Xiang and Tai Shan at the Washignton DC Zoo

Closeup portrait of a King vulture in captivity.

A photographic investigation into the concept of 'Captivity' from Foundation/BA studies.

Photographs from 1997/1999/2000.

The official family emblem lives on, after 50+ years of living in captivity (minus the odd swing around in grandmother's garden)

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He's penned up so we can get work done. His opinion about this varies from moment to moment.

Jellyfish in tank at Sydney Aquarium

The reality: all pictures in this set are of animals in captivity. It seems that primates can cope better with this than predatory animals such as the Amur panther and the Asian lion. I observed both animals walking around in their cage in a restless, fixed pattern.

West Point, NY

A Beauty at rest Between flights

Red fox

Taken at Wildwood trust- Herne Bay

Image©Christina Bolsher

Westside Pavillion

These Pelican's were only 12months old but were huge and wanted to eat anything that came close, one of the keepers said they have had to keep them away from the main pond as they were "hoovering" up the baby chicks :(

EARTH DAY, this Saturday .

Lets do our part , if you can.

www.wwf.ca/earthhour/

Taken through the wire mesh at the Adelaide Zoo

BURUNG SERINDIT

(Loriculus Galgulus (Linnaeus))

the 'daddy' of starfish at london zoo.

# the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration ...

# enslavement: the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare

he was sad.

I really like the newish velvia 100 in my Olypus pen where the super fine grain and high contrast work well, but I find with a contrasty lens like the xa it's overkill, and the 100f is a better way to go.