Rewilding Britain - bears and wolves come to a wood near you

Cool story. While preserving biodiversity should be one of our goals, introducing species long extinct may cause more problems for the ecosystem as species compete for their habitat, disturbing the existing predator-prey relationships. I'm not sure if this is a good idea.

I'm with you on this one. Wolves and bears reintroduced sounds great but nature has moved on.

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An amazing amount of wildlife can be seen in Yellowstone National Park right from your vehicle, which is where I was when I took this shot (no, I'm not some lazy slacker nor a 'drive-by' photographer--it was freezing outside that morning and I'd been up shooting photos since dawn). What I liked about the image is the illusion that this is a two-headed version of the species, their legs being so close together.

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The last Wolf was killed in the UK about 200 years ago. I for one think they are beautiful creatures. The only way you can see them now in the UK is at a zoo. I'm sure if we tried, we could find them a place tp live.

Early morning walk around the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Elk are very unpredictable and beautiful.

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We went on a vacation for four days to the Rocky Mountains. It had been raining and cold for the first three days. We thought that our vacation would be a complete washout. To our surprise and utter relieve the last day was a bright and sunny. We took full advantage of the weather and drove around the park frantically visiting lakes, hiking trails and picturesque scenary. Close to afternoon in a winding path of a road there was traffic jam. We were curious and we joined the array of cars to see what was going on. Luckily we got a spot to park very close to a stream. We got down and followed the sea of people. There were state troopers and forest rangers directing the crowd. Suddenly we came across a huge herd of deer beautifully gracing and drinking water from the stream. It was an amazing sight with green pasture and snow covered mountains as a back drop. I have no words to explain the emotions that this sight evoked in us. We went crazy and started taking photos near and far. Out of the many photos that were taken, this photo stood out particularly because I realized how close I was to the deer. I was impressed by the way the forest rangers were calmly directing the crowd making sure people did not disturb the gracing deer. We were instructed to keep a certain distance from them. This was one of the memorable experiences of our vacation.

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Thanks Uma!

It is a good thing and I am glad GB does this. We need as much Bio diversity as possible and Humans have to learn to leave with nature and adapt to it and not the other way around.

This photo was taken at Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver, Canada. There is a wolf habitat on the mountain which houses 3 grey wolves and is included in the wildlife education programs run by the mountain. These particular wolves are retirees from the movie industry. They were born in captivity so the wolves are unable to be released into the wild. The mountain provides them with a habitat, food, medical care etc.

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This photo was taken in Yellowstone National Park,on March of 2008. This Gray Wolf is from the Druid Peak Pack. The pack had made a kill earlier one morning. Using my Nikon D300 camera with a Nikon 600mm f/4 lens I was able to stay several hundred yards from the wolves as they fed on a cow elk. The wolves were not bothered by my presence.The weather was very cold and windy making it almost unbearable to be out. But with cold weather gear and determination it all paid off. Photographying the wolves in the wild and not disturbing them gave me a great sense of enjoyment. Even as cold as it was when I finished shooting,I stood their for a few minutes and gazed at the wolves in all their beauty.

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This is our house cat who we named Lynx because he looks very much like one, ears and all.

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I don't want to reveal the exact place, but I can say it's in Mexico City, in a reserve. I was taking a walk when I suddenly saw this cat, this really big cat, that stood there watching me and threating me, then I remember my camara and then it came this cool shot. The Lynx belongs to the Rufus subespecies, (mexican bob cat).

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Lynx photo taken at Oregon Zoo.

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simply in the right place at the right time these bulls were grazing through the area and I got some great photos. This was in Idaho

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Great idea and i hope its allowed.

It won't destroy ecosystems or food cahins rather it will "mend" them. Deer are quickly spreading and introduced species are becoming pests that require control. However in rural areas addidng wolves will alliminate the cost of eradication over populations of deer because the food chain is restored. Obviously there is a limit i think (although wonderful) bears are a bit to much because i dont think there is enough space to go round.