Monday, March 03, 2008

Wolves in Scotland?

There are no wolves in Scotland nowadays. Wolves used to be native to Scotland, but were extinct when humans exploited the woodlands more and expanded farmlands and held more cattle. Other wild animals that has been extinct in Scotland has been reintroduced from other countries in present time. The idea has now come up to reintroduce the wolf as well. As it says in the article that I have linked to, a research team from the UK and Norway published a study last year that found reintroducing wild wolves to the Scottish Highlands would help the local ecosystem. This seems to be a reasonable finding. It will be quite a while before this will happen, though. It would be interesting to hear about the future of this idea.

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