The wild, extinct supercow returning to Europe

HereWeGoAgain · Jan 13, 2017

The earliest cows were mighty beasts that stood almost as tall as elephants, with lean, powerful frames and fearsome horns that would make a hunter think twice.

For thousands of years the aurochs were the largest land mammals in Europe, until the rise of human civilization decimated their numbers, and the last of the species died in Poland in 1627 -- one of the first recorded cases of extinction.

Rather than attempt the type of gene editing or high-tech de-extinction approaches being employed for species from woolly mammoths to passenger pigeons, Goderie chose a method known as back-breeding to create a substitute bovine he named "Tauros."

...The theory is now being put to the test, as a "near 100% substitute" of the beast is returned to the forests.

Auroch genes remain present in various breeds of cattle around the continent, and the team identified descendants in Spain, Portugal, Italy and the Balkans. Geneticists advised breeding certain species together to produce offspring closer to the qualities of an auroch, and then breed the offspring...
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/09/world/auroch-rewilding/

Coming soon to your nearest McDonalds

wgabrie · Jan 13, 2017

You know I'm not necessarily for reintroducing extinct species, especially big scary ones.

This turning Europe into wild lands will just reduce human habitat and make it unfriendly for us.

Then they have to build up an ecosystem where there are apex predators. Large packs of wolves roaming around.

All of this effort and one has to ask why???

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