"captivity"

Wain, one of four wombats at the Satsukiyama Zoo, is at least 32 years old, equivalent to being about 100 in human years. The male marsupial was rescued from the wild after his mother died in a motor accident in Tasmania, Australia.

The Wildlife Conservation Bureau will on Wednesday release 50 animals of four species from a wildlife breeding station into Mae Wong National Park in Nakhon Sawan.

QUITO - A species of Galapagos giant tortoise thought to have been made extinct 150 years ago will be bred in captivity, officials said, after DNA studies showed specimens discovered in the last decade shared similar genetic makeup.

For the last week or so, the country has reeled at shocking evidence that wildlife trafficking is rife in Thailand.