A company named Colossal was just given an initial startup of 15 million dollars towards the re-introduction of the woolly mammoth. The company plans to reintroduce the mammoth to the artic in order to reverse a plethora of climate related issues that have affected the artic ecosystem including forests that have become overshrubbed and reestablishing the artic grasslands. The team has determined it will take approximately 100 of their arctic elephants to achieve their purported goals. As always, I have some serious reservations about this whole situation.
I fear that they wouldn't stand a chance given our reputation with animals in the past. Secondly, if they DO manage to thrive, what does this say about our current management of wildlife? We can protect a species we've brought back perhaps unnecessarily, but we can't even protect the ones who have been in peril for decades? It's almost a slap in the face to the animals on our planet who are currently in need of our protections. We're allocating millions of dollars to a science experiment while there are hundreds / thousands of species on our planet who are currently in need of funding to be protected properly. It presents quite a conundrum to me. I support any initiative that is beneficial for our planet and ecosystems that are perhaps in peril. What I don't support is bringing a species back from extinction while there are species already alive and desperate for help. We aren't doing enough to help the ones who are already here so how am I supposed to be positive about the possibility of mammoth reintroduction? As I said, our history with endangered species is abysmal as best and I'm supposed to believe that humanity will allow the mammoth to thrive uninterrupted? I really don't believe that for a second. Look, I would love to see this program move full steam ahead, but I think we should be worrying about the ones who are already here in need of our help. It's insane to me that we are going to bring back the mammoth while giraffes in Africa continue to plunge towards extinction. It's insane to me that we are trying to bring back the woolly mammoth while grey wolves continue to suffer and die. It's insane to me that we are trying to bring back the mammoth while we are in the midst of an extinction crisis. I guess what I'm saying is that we should be focusing on those who are here with us NOW before we start playing around with science. Head to the link at the top of this post for the original story. What do y'all think? Is bringing back the mammoth something you support? HAPPY VEG
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