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Medieval wasteland: DEFRAs species reintroduction forum divides opinion

ENDS Report · Becca Challis · last updated
Reports suggest prime minister Boris Johnson was behind a drive to look into rewilding, through the potential reintroduction of species such as lynx and wolves, with support from high-ranking government officials, including environment minister Lord Zac Goldsmith. It would be good to start looking more seriously at species reintroductions because in Britain, we arent very good at it. We support reintroductions when the time is right, where it makes sense and when theres a proper public consultation but, it is important to look at rewilding in the round. The idea that we need a rewilding task force is just crazy. The reintroduction of top predators such as lynx and wolves would be reckless in the extreme.
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