reintroduction

In the uk, If someone had a lot of land and built a fence around it and had deer, rabbits etc and then released a predator, say a lynx, and allowed it to hunt the animals etc, would that be legal? Would it be ethical? Seen as cruel? I understand feeding live prey to animals is cruel since the...

am following this website about the Waldrapp / Northern Bald Ibis restoriation using paraglides to guide young birds on migration. I am very surprised that big and colorful bird in the densely populated Europe is not more popular. There is not many more completely locally extinct species at...

This is a thread about zoo birds, not wild birds living on zoo grounds. Several zoos in Europe keep free-flying colonies of White Storks, which partially helped recovery of this species in Western Europe in the late 20. century. Are there any other examples when zoos established colonies of...

The controversial plan to bring jaguars back to the US Came across this Vox article in my morning news thread and thought I'd share it on here. I won't summarize too much as the article itself is very comprehensive and worth reading, but it covers a lot of topics, including: - a plan detailed...

I have just seen this article, published on the 8th March 2019, which suggests that India will soon be receiving up to 30 wild cheetahs from South Africa and Namibia which will be released into a 500 square kilometre part of the Nairadehi Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. The transfer has been...

The state of Minnesota is considering reintroducing American Bison to Minnecopa State Park in Dakota County. I hope they do. Dakota County considering bison to help restore prairies. Animals called a ‘keystone piece.’ – Twin Cities

Brilliant article on the UK Lynx Trust's bizarre strategy of aggressively-publicised over-optimism. How to reintroduce carnivores and alienate people: A word of caution Apologies if there's an existing thread on this topic, but the search function isn't working and I couldn't find anything...

The Christmas island Blue-tailed Skink (Cryptoblepharus egerniae) is a small skink endemic to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. In the past the skink was common in large numbers in the settled areas and had also been observed in rainforest clearings elsewhere on the island. In 2010, after...

Five elk calves were released today in the swamp of Lille Vildmose near Aalborg. The aim is to contribute to countering the threat posed several invasive plant species. The area, surrounded by a fence of 30 kilometers, will be accessible to visitors, who can observe the new tenants of the...

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Hello, I'm in need of some dissertation ideas/input to help formulate a dissertation based around captive wolves - however, I'm interested in finding a subject which may be useful if the UK ever did decide to reintroduce wolves back into Scotland. So far, my main idea is to look into...

Hi All, Some promising news about an endangered species…for a change! Please let me know your thoughts – is the program worthwhile? Mauritius, an island nation off the coast of southeast Africa, is best known to naturalists as the site of the Dodo Bird’s extinction (Mauritius also is, in a...

The Bronx zoo has sent 100 Kihansi spray toads back to Tanzania, for release into their 5 acre habitat, the only place they are found in the wild. Bronx Zoo ships 100 rare Kihansi spray toads to Tanzania to help create a new colony

Once upon a time common cranes were a familiar sight in the UK. These large elegant birds with powerful calls and energetic dancing displays used to be abundant in our wetlands. But overhunting and draining of wetlands caused their extinction 400 years ago. Now they could once again be a common...