I love charismatic megafauna and follow news about them with great interest. I want to see them preserved. But the discussion is not going to get very far until people on the conservation side acknowledge a fundamental truth. To farmers and to parents with small children, it’s this line of thought that leads me to support Pleistocene rewilding.
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[...] The megafauna sure look charismatic as they’re getting ready to be cooked. An ibex drive provides a band of Neanderthalers with enough food for several days. The stronger animals clear the chasm but weaker ones plummet to the bottom where they are slain by waiting hunters. [...]
[...] Well, that was quick. So much for non-charismatic megafauna. [...]