Recall of the Wild Discover Magazine
May 19th, 2008 by admin
Looking at the fate of each animal released, Jule and her colleagues found that only about one-third of captive-born animals survived through the monitoring period (6 to 18 months) after being released. More animals died as a result of interactions with humans than from any other cause, and captive-born animals suffered more fatalities from human interactions than their counterparts caught in the wild.
