Plan Would Move African Animals to U.S...

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Their radical proposal is being greeted with gasps and groans from other scientists and conservationists who recall previous efforts to relocate foreign species halfway around the world, often with disastrous results.

The authors contend it could help save Africa's poster species from extinction, where protection is spotty and habitat is vanishing..
 

SagaLore

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Dec 18, 2001
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Completely stupid. We have our own ecosystem here that works off the local species. And it is diverse. Racoons, beavers, opossums, snakes, wolves, bears, skunks, lizards, etc.

We introduce another continent's biodiversity onto ours, that will only serve to threaten our species. Instead, why don't we focus on making sure that the last off the buffalo don't become extinct, mmmkay?