Connie Barlow, Rewilding Institute supporter, was interviewed recently at the University of Florida during a Deep Ecology public series.
“Rewilding Megafauna: Lions and Camels in North America?” can be found here.
Learn about the call for the return of the “American cheetah, the American camel, the American plains lion, the American mastodons and mammoths, and other species by using proxies from the Old World to restart their evolution in the New, and to restore their vital roles as shapers of ecological landscapes.”
Connie does presentations on North American Rewilding and her details can be found here.
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Lindy 04.08.07 at 9:21 am
THe camel was never native to North America – it was an introduced species. What would be the point of bringing them back to this country again? As far as I can tell the only real gain might be to save them from extinction in their native lands. However, since America is on the fast track to extincting itself we would probably not do the camel much good.
Alan 04.10.07 at 8:31 pm
Well, we’ve got to do something. Too often these days I’m shrugging in resignation. That’t not good, especially for my soul.
Dave Foreman Fan 04.17.07 at 5:32 pm
“How marvelous it must be to live in a country that still has beavers! We lost ours about 400 years ago.”
C.S. Lewis
Jacquelyn Gill 04.27.07 at 8:07 am
In fact, camels WERE native to North America – Camelops hesternus, which may not have had a hump and was closely related to the South American llama, roamed the continent until about 10,000 years ago, when the mammoths, mastodons, etc. went extinct.
Rafael Vivas Gonzalez 07.24.07 at 9:56 am
I think that this is a good idea and the most important is that we have evidence that the Camels and their relatives originated here, in the New World. This is demonstrated thanks to the fossil record. And the propose of the Pleistocene Rewilding Proyect is well supported. I’m agree with the Camel Reintroduction
joe and frona fileccia 10.28.07 at 8:06 pm
camel’s lived in new mexico. we are finding peterfied teeth and peterfied poop from the prestoric camels
Connie Barlow 08.05.08 at 2:46 pm
Torreya taxifolia was rewilded to its posited traditional interglacial homeland on July 30, 2008. Torreya Guardians assisted in the migration of 31 potted seedlings from captivity at a plant nursery in South Carolina to private forested lands (elevations 2600 and 3400 feet) in the mountains of North Carolina. You can view the PHOTO-ESSAY of this historic effort at:
Also be sure to click on this web pages to learn about the latest papers, news, and commentary on the assisted migration controversy:
Rob 10.28.09 at 9:27 pm
I’m game, why not introduce several species and see what takes?
AJ 11.25.09 at 1:07 pm
you are an idiot, lindy. the page is talking about prehistoric camel. three species of prehistoric camel are native to north america.