# Captive, but captured nearby?

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/captive-but-captured-nearby/10308>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 21, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/captive-but-captured-nearby/10308 "2020-02-21T00:25:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/captive-but-captured-nearby/10308/12 "2020-02-21T15:51:16Z")

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In the rehabber thread that @upupa-epops linked above, I said

> [@How should I classify a wild animal brought to a rehabber?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-should-i-classify-a-wild-animal-brought-to-a-rehabber/3692/2):
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> In general, I think people are fine with marking something as wild even when captive _so long as the observation has the wild location and the wild date._

In the context of rehabbing, it was pretty clear the animal would only be captive for a relatively short period of time. In the context of this thread, where animals may be kept in perpetuity, I feel like I should add a bit:

I think people are fine with marking something as wild even when captive _so long as the observation has the wild location and the wild date, and the individual hasn’t changed significantly in appearance since the wild date_.

Captivity can impact many aspects of appearance, e.g. body mass, timing of molt, brightness of color, etc. In my opinion, if a photo is marked wild, it should have the wild date, the wild location, and the wild appearance.

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