Động vật hoang dã bị tịch thu đang được nuôi nhốt.

• động vật = animal(s)
• hoang dã = wild, untamed, living in nature

In Vietnamese, descriptive words often come after the noun, so:

• động vật hoang dã = wild animals

This is the normal Vietnamese word order. English says wild animals, but Vietnamese usually says animals wild.

bị often marks a passive meaning, especially when the subject is affected in an unfavorable or unwanted way.

Here, bị tịch thu means:

• to be confiscated
• to be seized

So động vật hoang dã bị tịch thu means wild animals that have been confiscated.

A useful way to think about bị is:

• bị + verb = be subjected to / be affected by

Because it works like a relative clause modifying the noun.

Vietnamese often places modifying clauses directly after the noun without needing a word like that or which.

So:

• động vật hoang dã bị tịch thu literally: wild animals confiscated naturally in English: wild animals that were confiscated

This is a very common Vietnamese pattern:

• danh từ + clause describing it

tịch thu means to confiscate, to seize officially, usually by authorities such as police, customs officers, or forest protection officers.

It is more formal and official than just take.

So in this sentence, it suggests the animals were taken by authorities, not just picked up casually.

They do different jobs:

• đang = marks an action as ongoing, similar to is/are ...-ing
• được = marks a passive meaning here, similar to be in are being

So:

• đang được nuôi nhốt = are being kept in captivity / are currently being housed/confined

A rough breakdown is:

• đang = currently
• được = being
• nuôi nhốt = kept/cared for in confinement

That is a very common question.

Yes, được can often suggest something positive or beneficial. But it is also widely used as a passive marker, especially in formal or neutral writing.

In this sentence, được is mainly grammatical: it helps form the passive idea in đang được nuôi nhốt.

So here it does not necessarily mean the animals are happy or lucky. It simply means they are being kept or are being housed.

Compare:

• bị bắt = be arrested / be caught
• được cứu = be rescued
• được nuôi nhốt = be kept in captivity

In real usage, được in passive sentences can be neutral, especially in news-style Vietnamese.

• nuôi = to raise, feed, keep, care for
• nhốt = to confine, cage, shut in

Together, nuôi nhốt means something like:

• to keep in captivity
• to keep confined
• to hold in enclosures/cages while caring for them

So nuôi nhốt is stronger than just nuôi. It does not simply mean the animals are being cared for; it also implies they are not free.

It means:

• the animals have been confiscated
• and now they are being kept in captivity

The phrase bị tịch thu describes the animals: they are the confiscated animals.

The ongoing action is in the second part:

• đang được nuôi nhốt = are currently being kept

So the time flow is:

1. confiscation happened
2. now the animals are being housed/kept

Yes. That is a very close literal translation.

A more natural English rendering might be:

• Confiscated wild animals are being kept in captivity.
• Wild animals that were confiscated are being kept in enclosures.
• Seized wild animals are currently being held in captivity.

The exact English wording depends on context, but grammatically the Vietnamese sentence supports that structure very well.

Because Vietnamese often leaves those linking words out.

English commonly needs:

• animals that were confiscated

Vietnamese can simply say:

• động vật ... bị tịch thu

The passive marker bị already helps show the relationship, so no separate word for that is necessary.

This is one reason Vietnamese can sound compact compared with English.

Yes, exactly.

The whole sentence can be divided like this:

• Động vật hoang dã bị tịch thu = the confiscated wild animals
• đang được nuôi nhốt = are being kept in captivity

So the sentence structure is:

• Subject: Động vật hoang dã bị tịch thu
• Predicate: đang được nuôi nhốt

That is a very useful way to parse it.

It sounds fairly formal or news-like, especially because of words such as:

• tịch thu = confiscate
• nuôi nhốt = keep in captivity

You could easily imagine this in a news report, government statement, wildlife rescue report, or official announcement.

In everyday casual speech, people might still understand it perfectly, but the style itself leans more formal than conversational.