It depends on whether the animal can in fact survive there.
Factors that influence that are
Abundance of food
Presence of others of its kind
Presence of competitors
Presence of predators
Well, thats hard to answer as you haven't specified a particular animal. I could go on forever telling you all the different habitats that animals live in, without knowing what type of animal you...
Generally no. Animals need time to adjust to new environments, it can take generations and even then they adjust better to slow changes. They would also need food that they are accustomed to eating...