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Cedar  ·  3428 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Call for lynx and wolf reintroduction in Scotland

Biodiversity is so important, and I think we as a global society are finally understanding the cause and effects of our actions and better know how we can work towards repairing some of the damage that has been caused to the many varied environs of our planet.

I have been reading through RSPB Spotlight: Foxes which mentions the effect foxes, deer, lynx, coyotes and wolves have upon each other. For example: reintroducing Timber Wolves in Yellowstone National Park lowered the coyote population and forced deer to migrate around the park or even avoid certain areas, which in turn helped the flora regenerate; this brought on an increase in mice, rabbits, foxes, weasels, beavers, badgers, owls, songbirds, eagles, hawks and bear populations.

Here. How Wolves Change Rivers.

I do not see any negatives to reintroducing what once were native species, the only thing that stands in the way is, as you say, the prejudices and stigma associated with these beautiful animals.