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Tim Sinclair-Smith, director of zoological operations at Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo, spoke to CBC's Information Radio on Friday about the ethics of training wild animals being kept in captivity.

Captive animals can inadvertently become domesticated — temporarily or even permanently adapted to a captive environment — making them less fit to survive in the wild when they're reintroduced.

Research clearly shows that d ogs, wolves, and many other animals share the same feelings, ranging from joy to fear to grief and anxiety, so it dawned on us that training (a.k.a. teaching) humans ...

Tim Sinclair-Smith, director of zoological operations at Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo, spoke to CBC's Information Radio on Friday about the ethics of training wild animals being kept in captivity.