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Neutra, 21, a fellow American-Israeli from New York, was killed in battle that same day, and his body remains in captivity.
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Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Zalmanovich was abducted alive from his house at Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel and is thought to have been killed in captivity on November 17, 2023, at the age of 85.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Otter 841 was released into the wild as a young pup in 2020 after being born in captivity and raised at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Liat spent 54 days in captivity, and her husband was killed.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Zalmanovich was abducted alive from his house at Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel and is thought to have been killed in captivity on November 17, 2023, at the age of 85.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Otter 841 was released into the wild as a young pup in 2020 after being born in captivity and raised at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Liat spent 54 days in captivity, and her husband was killed.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
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“In captivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20captivity. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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