There are many different important reasons why reintroduce certain species, as they can help restore damaged ecosystems, they boost biodiversity, they can help to slow global warming, and they can help native species that are threatened with extinction.
One positive affect of reintroducing species that’s not talked about very often, is the fact that they can help to control and irradicate invasive or introduced species.
When some predators become extinct in a certain area or ecosystem, it leaves a gaping hole which introduced species are happy to fill.
This often leads to invasive species completely taking over, but thankfully some animal reintroductions have helped to fix the damages that we have caused.
In today’s video I will be focusing on current and proposed animal reintroductions that could help to control invasive and introduced species, and we’ll start off with two of Europe’s most adaptable large predators.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Eurasian Lynx And Eurasian Wolf In Europe
6:03 Jaguar In North America
8:34 Pine Marten In The UK
10:38 River Otter In North America
Attributions:
Brown bear footage:
Jukka Lämsä
https://www.youtube.com/@JukkaLamsa
Lynx reintroduction image:
https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/reintroductions-key-species/key-species/eurasian-lynx
Susan Wright
Jaguar pelt image:
Josh Levinger
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
European pine marten images:
caroline legg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_pine_marten#/media/File:Pine_Marten_(48173751702).jpg
CC BY 2.0
I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/
thank for watching I hope you enjoyed 🙂
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_wolf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_lynx
https://www.wwf.eu/?11724891/Facts-about-wolves-in-Europe#:~:text=European%20Commission’s%20in%2Ddepth%20analysis,reliable%20information%20on%20large%20carnivores.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_pine_marten
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51637091#:~:text=A%20native%20predator%20of%20the,much%20more%20vulnerable%20to%20attack.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_river_otter
https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/north-american-river-otter#:~:text=Restoration%20efforts%20in%20the%201980s,found%20throughout%20most%20of%20Missouri.
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Anything but bear. Big dirty death machines.
Video was fine until you tried to say human hunting was wrong. The whole point of the video was to reintroduce predators for the good of the ecosystem, but at the end you say humans shouldn't hunt, which would literally take out a predator that's lived alongside these animals all over the world for a very long time. You're contradicting your own point
I love otters!…I see them frequently in the swamps of Florida, they are so curious and playful!
Il riscaldamento globale😂😅😅😅 midisiscrivo al canale
Questi discorsi fanno decadere la serietà del canale
Thanks for your new work! I appreciate that. Two remarks, the mightiest lynx is the Canadian one . And the naturally re settling of the wolves, extinct 1840s is still catastrophic, millions of euro and thousands of dead cattle..They are not monitored any kind but natural saved in a bad translation. There's at least two cases of dead human, partly eaten by wolves in Poland last year. We have to much of them. Our politicians live in cities. All the best from Northern Germany Ludwig.
Lynx in Scotland would make perfect sense
Arnie is awesome and based.
NEVER A GOOD THING. THEY ARE GONE FOR A REASON. Hunting laws should change. Stop avoiding it.
Reintroduce wolves and Lynx
You should do a man eaters video
The second you said “global warming”, you lost all credibility to anyone who uses any type of cognitive problem solving.
Will The GIANT OTTER ever be😮 reintroduced into North America ???
I believe it's been close to 20 years since the United States decided to try to start the wolf population once again in the northwest of the country. They were showing the damage that is happening through the national forest and other areas. Moose and buffalo really have no fear of anything except for the rare time that a bear will take him out.
Grass has stopped growing so that started causing problems with the dirt. They found Albertsons the wolf wasn't there and now all the herds stay right where the water is. They absolutely devastated the land.
This is when scientists decided to try and experiment. They went to Canada to get some full-grown wolves. When the day came to let them loose the all had GPS trackers. Immediately they started to see immediately.
The first Wolfpack found where the watering holes were. Immediately they started killing animals. As the years went on the wolf's multiplied. They showed a before and after picture. It was incredible different. That's all that talk to regain balance in nature.
It is so frustrating to hear the narrow-minded arguments against reintroducing animals to their historic ecosystems. I remember when Obama set aside Jaguar habitat in AZ to bring back the species. Then Trump was elected and just like that the 3 known AZ jaguars were shot in 2017 and hope of bringing them back ended with the plan to build the wall.
Hunting is a better option and hunters wont be eating people.
The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park was a huge success. They controlled the elk population, leading to forest restoration and increased biodiversity within just a few decades. Even beavers returned, creating new wetlands and enabling even more biodiversity. Handled well, I'm sure all the proposed reintroductions could be very beneficial to the environment.
impact sound insulation is heavily needed on yo audio. Interesting content besides.
The Glades need Jaguars before it's too late
The wolf's returning to the Netherlands is a big discussion here and especially farmers want them gone but they are protected by the European union
Excellent video 😊
Can they help control global whining?
In 2012/2013, when I was about 9 and new in Toronto, we were visiting the Islands and saw what was a River Otter coming our of a stream with a fish and headed away inland. River Otters had just started being spotted that year and they were making their way back to parts of the city. A memory that will live with me forever. Hope the remaining animals on this list make similar memories with the people of the places they are reintroduced to!
Predators such as these are essential to any ecosystem that they belong to so when we take them out, everything falls out of balance and brings out serious consequences. I never considered the river otter being one of the creature that were nearly wiped out but later reintroduced since they’re one of the most iconic wetland animals in the US. Furthermore, I was surprised to see the Pine Marten since I’m completely enamored by those little guys. Not sure why but I guess because of their adaptability and nimble nature, it seems to be the kind you’d like having for a traveling companion. The one predator I’d like to see in greater numbers would the North American cougar since they were once in every of the continent until the Europeans came along and then the Americans followed suit. Still, I appreciate your input.
I enjoy your series. You might find the Spotted owl and Barred owl culling project interesting.