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What Happens When Captive Animals Are Released?

After they’ve been in captivity, do animals fair better in their natural habitat?

How Powerful is PETA?
https://youtu.be/3MUWpr_giNc

Read More:
Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2013
https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/rsg_book_2013.pdf
“Out of the seven major taxa only invertebrates did not have a project ranked as highly successful. There was only one amphibian case study and this was ranked as highly successful.”

Captive Carnivores Not Up To Wild Living
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080121080406.htm
“On average only one in three captive-born carnivores survives in the wild, with most deaths related to human activities.”

Theme Park Dolphins May Be Set Free—Are They the Last?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150520-kidnapped-dolphins-animals-science-south-korea-released-world/
“Two captive Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, called Taesan and Boksoon, are on track to be released into the wild—the latest in a string of theme park dolphins that have been set free in recent years.”
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