https://www.blm.gov/public-lands-rule

I know that people use one way glass for wolf enclosures in aza zoos so that they don't get used to people and get stressed, and i thought can one way glass work for enclosures and exhibits for other species like primates, cats, and reptiles?

I made this petition on change.org about bringing Komodo dragons back to Australia. Please sign here

https://reviverestore.org/two-additional-black-footed-ferrets-born-as-a-result-of-cloning/

Ok, so you know the artical about the greater gila ecosystem in new mexico and arizona moderator post, and how the person mad it talked about how it would be really cool is the us fish and wildlife service guys combine the Apache-sit greaves national forests, the apache national forests, and the gila national forests into a 20,000 km2 protected area? Well i made a list of animals that would benefit from this idea if it were to happen.

least concern species in safari park

1. white tailed deer
2. rocky mountain and/or desert mule deer
3. rocky mountain elk
4. collared peccary
5. rocky mountain bighorn + desert big horn sheep/near threatened
6. north american cougar
7. american black bear

Endangered species in safari park

1. mexican gray wolf
2. sonoran pronghorn antelope

Locally extinct species that can be reintroduced to safari park

1. jaguar
2. american plains bison
3. grizzly bear/ursus arctos horribilis=mexican grizzly bear

Idea species that can be reintroduced to safari park

1. california condor
2. thick billed parrot

Pleistocene rewilding proxy species for safari park

1. prezwalskie's horse=extinct wild horse species of north america such as the mexican wild horse
2. southeast african cheetah=american cheetah miracinonyx

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/17/elephant-loose-butte-montana-video/73352418007/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzUzMjE3NzY4MzE3Mjg4Mzk4MzIaMDVkZWE4N2MxZjM4MjUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw1PxienGSX8Y69RFoL7VXtF

I have a question, about the past range of some a family we tend to forget and overlook in rewilding, baboons. Mainly hamadryas and gelada baboon.

I am asking if any of you have source or info or better even a map, of their past geographical range.

I heard that Hamadryas should be reintroduced in Arabian peninsula and Levantine region. Or that Gelada used to range in other part of Africa, and that the genus was even present in other continent and countries, such as India or even up to the iberian peninsula in Europe (Theropithecus oswaldi).

If you have any reference and all for the past range (date and region) of these species, or even other baboons like mandrill i would also be glad to know.

Grizzly bears have been hunted to extinction in Saskatchewan. I have 4 areas I would like and think they could live in. I will go from least likely to most likely where grizzly bears could thrive. 1st place is the moose mountains in the southeast of the province. This place has lots of food for them. Big game like elk and moose and a variety of plants to eat. If the population wants to expand they can move to the valleys south and north of the hills. Next is cypress hills in the southwest. A population here would allow travelling bears from Montana to have a new home. If the bears here want to move they can go to northern Montana. Next is Meadow lake provincial park. This place has more room than the last places. Last is porcupines hills in the east. Lots of room and if they want to move they can follow the valleys to duck mountains. It is said that grizzly bears were last seen in the porcupine hills. I would love to see what other people think.

While I know the point of this community is about megafaunal rewilding, I think a lot of things need to be put into context first before we start releasing different species into environments they aren’t native in. I recently saw a post on this sub about “which camel would you release back into North America” & felt compelled to voice my opinion on it; my answer is neither for a bunch of reasons. This also goes for various animals that are related or similar to ice age megafauna but never actually lived in the place where their relative is now extinct in. Also no hate to the original poster of that, I just wanted to use it as an example to voice some of my own thoughts to spur discussion.

The primary reason would be that a lot of time has passed since those animals went extinct in many cases. Camels haven’t been found in North America for 10,000 years, a lot of things have changed. A lot of the predators equipped to hunt these animals went extinct around the same time, like the saber-toothed machairodont felids or the aenocyon dire wolves, & I think an adult camel matches pretty well against the large predators we do have. This would lead to a situation like what’s happening in Australia where feral camels are running wild with no predators (other then humans (but we introduced them in the first place so it doesn’t count) & occasionally a lucky pack of dingoes) to keep them under control.

While we can try to recreate a Pleistocene North America, it will never be the same thing. That was the past. Those species died out for reasons we don’t fully understand. I personally think it’s a waste of valuable time trying to chase the ghosts of what once was. What we do have is a bunch of fractured ecosystems that are currently under threat & need protection. Ecosystems that have already moved on from the what they were 15,000 years ago. We need to think about how to help the species currently living in these ecosystems, no matter how big or how small. If we can restore the delicate balance that once existed in the American prairie, then we can talk about releasing a group of camels & monitoring them like hawks to see what effects they have.

I think we need to take a big step back when actually thinking how we should be rewilding. Native species should always take priority, even if they’ve been absent for hundreds of years. A good example would be how large felids & canids are currently absent from large swathes of their native range due to habitat destruction, hunting & persecution. Larger efforts throughout entire ecosystems must also be prioritized to ensure that those large, native species have something sustainable to come back to.

Just wanted to voice what I thought & talk to people about it. Love you if you read this ;3

So from the post about another Javan rhino young being sighted, there was a thread about the sumatran rhino and how they might not fair better. However, what plans are being taken to help the sumatran rhino (as well as the borneo subspecies)? There is always hope always remember this, hell with the whole Javan tiger news, there is always hope for a resurgence. If the Vaquita can recover from a literal 15 individuals, what is to say that the Sumatran rhino can recover as well?

Can drones and AI help with it as well?

https://www.sci.news/biology/pudella-carlae-12753.html