To protect endangered marine turtle eggs from poaching and being eaten by stray dogs, in many Mexican beaches they are moved a few meters from the sites they are naturally laid by wild turtles into outdoor nurseries, which are just fenced but otherwise under the same environmental conditions. When the baby turtles hatch they are taken to the beach and let free.
How would you categorised these observations, wild or captive?
ΠΠΈΠΊΠΈΠ΅, ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ - ΠΎΡΠ»Π°Π±ΠΈΡΡ Π°Π½ΡΡΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ³Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠ΅ Π²ΠΎΠ·Π΄Π΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅. ΠΠ½Π°Π»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠΌ Π² Π·Π°ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°Ρ , Π·Π°ΠΊΠ°Π·Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°Ρ , Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊΠ°Ρ .
This case I would consider to be wild.
This is a temporary measure taken on site to protect a wild population and the animals will be released at hatching time back into the wild. This is little different from establishing a fence around the are the turtles initially laid their eggs, itβs just easier to manage.
I would consider these animals wild, I would report the precise location where they have been first observed and then I would set the coordinates as obscure.
Anyway I would suggest you to consider the possibility not to publish these observations if these species are in severe danger and the risk of poaching is high.
Wild. They are not captive. It is just a protection measure.
Surely wild, moving wild animal, even in an egg, doesnβt make it captive, especially if itβs only some meters difference.
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