IM HYPERFIXATED SO GUESS WHAT. RAMBLE TIME.
Did y'all know that there's a program looking to un-extinct various animals across Europe??? It's known as Rewilding and it looks SO AMAZING. They're best known for Project Tauros, breeding Aurochs back into existence, but also are working to return wolf breeds, truly wild horses, deer/elk/ibex, birds like the Dalmatian Pelican, and types of small rodents back!! Their aim is to return key species into the ecosystems that lost them due to hunting/poaching/general human expansion!
Not only are they working from selective, hands on, breeding, but also releasing groups into wildlife reserves to repopulate the needed areas in passive form!! On TOP of that, they're also working with locals to build better relationships with the animals!! Eco-tourism building, guard dog and fencing programs (for the carnivore programs), and even refusing to add in breeds that could endanger humans (like adding fighting bulls to the Auroch's breed pool)!!
Anywho I can never become a scientist in that area of expertise cause I love art too much and I hate that much math/reading, but I am SUPER fascinated and intrigued and thought y'all might find it neat!!
Link to their page + an article Abt the Tauros program!!
https://rewildingeurope.com/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.atlasobscura.com/articles/aurochs-rewilding.amp