We are certainly living in exciting times.“Wildlife experts in and around Yellowstone National Park have enough trouble trying to get the public to accept the presence of wolves – carnivores that were extirpated from the area within recent history before being reintroduced two decades ago – and conservationists continue to struggle with the persistent conflict between jaguars and ranchers in South America. Can you imagine the uproar over sabertoothed cats being returned to the western United States or South American grasslands?”
-I don't think this is a feasible way to go, unfortunately. Even with something as seemingly benign as reintroducing the Passenger Pigeon, couldn't there be some large unintended consequences? I would think the most prudent thing to do (aside from not doing it in the first place) would be to have sanctuaries for such endeavors. I could see a thriving tourism economy around this. I would pay money to go see a Saber Toothed Tiger or a Wooly Mammoth. But I don't think I'd like to see either in my back yard.