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Captive animals have all of their "creature comforts" met: shelter, affection (or attention, anyway), comfortable environment and accessibility to all of the food and health care they need. (There are some wild animals that can never be tamed, regardless of how well they were cared for.)

Wild animals have to find shelter and food for themselves and their offspring. They often have to fight for these needs (usually of a lower quality and quantity) while dealing with disease, higher pregnancy rates, higher infant mortality and earlier deaths.

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