3 Apex Predator REWILDING Projects

[@paladintrueknight]

Love to see it.

[@tvbnine793]

The Lion King did to hyenas the same thing Jaws did to sharks. They're very misunderstood and important animals that deserve our respect just as much as lions, cheetahs, wild dogs, and all other carnivores. Ecology Nerd showing them some love put a huge smile on my face

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@tvbnine793 They're amazing animals 🙌🙌

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

Hope they bring Cheetahs in some parts in North America to keep the Pronghorn population in check.

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@UnwantedGhost1-anz25 Hopefully 🤞

[@norinori5101]

So you can hunt them all ?

[@Ballistics_Computer]

​@norinori5101 what kind of thing is this to say?

[@norinori5101]

@@Ballistics_Computer what, isn't it true ?

[@Ballistics_Computer]

@@norinori5101 not at all 😭😭

[@arkprice79]

I love hearing about cheetahs in India as I have been a humongous fan of Project Cheetah ever since it first began back in 2021. 🐆🇮🇳

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@arkprice79 yeah it's a really cool project! I hope it's successful 🤞

[@arkprice79]

I think it will be successful

[@VinjamuriKausthu]

Fan from india idk there are cheetahs in kuno until now

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@VinjamuriKausthu yeah it's great! Glad I could share the story with you 😎

[@dariusbrock2351]

Wow, this is awesome!

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@dariusbrock2351 Thanks Darius 😊

[@saroruhagoswami9202]

Once Kuno Home Lion 🦁's, Tiger 🐯's , Leopard 🐆's & Cheetah 🐆's

[@maxime234_g]

Thats so amazing and intersting at the same time

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@maxime234_g Yeah it's a fascinating topic! Thanks for watching the video 😎

[@IbexWatcher]

It's so inspiring to see all these projects! If you do another carnivore restoration video, I'd love to see the Mexican gray wolf in Arizona and New Mexico, and the wolves of Isle Royale🐺

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@IbexWatcher I'll put it on my list! Thank you!

[@SorenAlba54]

I’m familiar with the project of the Gorongosa National Park. Astounding work by Carr. What I didn’t know was the status of the cheetah reintroduction occurring in India. For quite some time, I tried to find information about how it has been doing and I couldn’t. Right up until this video came along and gave the answers I was searching for. Thank you for that, I’m relieved to hear that the cheetahs now have cubs to look after who will ensure the future of their kind in the lost land of their ancestors. I agree on what you said about it, though. It would’ve been better if they brought the real Asiatic counterparts but then again, with such low numbers, it can’t be done and we end up saving no cats. Still, nature can fully restore itself only if we let them be.

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@SorenAlba54 glad I could help you with the information about the cheetahs! Some amazing work being done! Thanks for watching the video 😎

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

Excellent video

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@deinsilverdrac8695 thank you 😎

[@robertclarke7848]

Great content

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@robertclarke7848 thank you 🙌

[@eliletts8149]

I am surprised that of all the large carnivores that suffered from the extinction event in Gorongosa National Park, the lion was the one to remain in the park! 😮

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@eliletts8149 yeah you would think leopards and hyenas would've been more likely to cling on

[@eliletts8149]

@@Eco-Nerd my thoughts exactly!

[@damonchampion823]

💚

[@FromTheGong]

There's been a few attempts to reintroduce Australian dingoes back into national parks where they have been eradicated from to restore the balance and eliminate feral predators. Unfortunately the farming lobby is far too influential and all attempts have been thwarted.

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@FromTheGong that's interesting! Cattle farming has actually done a lot to advocate for dingoes in recent years and a lot of sheep farmers are moving towards cattle. The dingoes are the only natural control for kangaroos, feral goats and feral pigs so they've actually been beneficial to cattle farmers as they rarely prey on cattle. Of course the farmers are doing it for their own reasons but at least it has benefited the dingoes and shows what they can do

[@FromTheGong]

@@Eco-Nerd There are quite a few cattle farmers advocating for the benifits of having resident uncontrolled dingo packs on property. Smaller scale smaller to medium livestock farmers are also moving towards non lethal control but it's the larger scale sheep producers who continuously kick up a stink about any dingo reintroduction or protection. Victoria has now put in a native protection order for dingoes in the south west of the state prohibiting any lethal control and ACT government is looking towards the same.

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@FromTheGong that's great about the protection in Victoria! Hopefully the other states will follow! Oh I know most farmers are still anti-dingo but at least there is some positive news and all things have to start somewhere

[@Ballistics_Computer]

I hope they bring the cheetah to north america one day, perhaps with some mild gene alterations to give them a more appropriate coat, likely similar to that of the cougar as that is the surmised closest living relative of the north american cheetah. I've heard it's in the works but who knows if it will go anywhere

[@jthomas8263]

REWILDING ASIA: Recreating the Asian Serengeti Like Korea, Japan, and even Mongolia.

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@jthomas8263 Thanks for the suggestion Thomas! I have Asia on my list but I'll definitely have to do separate episodes because it's so big and it has such different landscapes and climates

[@jthomas8263]

@@Eco-Nerd Yeah, Mongolia has Przewalski's Horses were Reintroduced.

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@jthomas8263 yeah pretty cool!

[@BigJFindAWay]

If after the regime of the Mad Medievals Mullahs falls there still are any Asian cheetahs left these can be interbred with the introduced cheetahs in India to preserve the Asian subtype.

[@ANIMALBEHAVIORoff]

Where are the jaguars of the Iberá wetlands?

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@ANIMALBEHAVIORoff I've already spoken about them in this video. In the Tompkins Rewilding Patagonia/Iberá Wetlands section kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJrEgnh4gJ19osksi=MSYouVz58defg4uz

[@matteorossi8240]

But if the asiatic cheetahs still exists, why we can't use them instead of using african cheetahs for rewild india?

[@deaththekid3998]

They said it: there’s too few of them, and all of them are in Iran which is a country that has friendly relations with almost no one.

[@jthomas8263]

Including Tigers are Reintroduce to Kazakhstan, and the Ukrainian Danube Delta during the Ancient Period of Turkic and Various Nomadic Empires.

[@darnelljones1918]

Next I think you should do a hypothetical rewilding such as African Wild Dogs in Europe Chimpanzees in South America Polar Bear in Antarctica Lion in America Capybara in Africa( my own idea😂) Jaguar in Asia Spotted Hyenas in Australia Pronghorns and Blackbucks in Africa Puma in Siberia Hippos in Europe Antelopes in America

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@darnelljones1918 Thanks for the suggestion 😎

[@darnelljones1918]

@@Eco-Nerd Yw!

[@abdusqamar9667]

Them are interesting ideas

[@deaththekid3998]

Europe already has the wolf, why would we need spotted dogs

[@darnelljones1918]

@@deaththekid3998 because Europe was once home to the ancestors of Dogs/Wolves including the Lycano family which consisted of AWDs. Besides wolves are least concern and most effective in the forests and rivers. But African wild dogs are endangered and essential to woodland and the wide open grassland that Europe still holds. Plus if we send wild dogs to Europe earlier , who knows? That’s at least this would allowed to recover their numbers and hold more grounds to defend themselves for more extant/ foreign predators could introduced such as Spotted Hyenas, Asiatic Lions, Persian Leopards, Brown Bears, Grey Wolves, and Asiatic Black Bear and as well as Dhole. In order words despite being the most crowded country in the world, Europe has the potential to host the largest and most productive carnivores community

[@matteorossi8240]

But if the asiatic cheetahs still exists, why we can't use them instead of using african cheetahs for rewild india?

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@matteorossi8240 They're are only a very small number of Asiatic cheetahs left in the world (between 12 and 40) and they're suffering from habitat loss and other threats, so it's not possible to remove any from that population, they're already at too much risk of extinction and inbreeding

[@matteorossi8240]

@@Eco-Nerd so, they are now destinate to extinction?😢

[@Eco-Nerd]

@@matteorossi8240 I wouldn't say that yet. Hopefully Iran will continue protecting them and attempting to increase their population

[@matteorossi8240]

@@Eco-Nerd we all hopes Bro❤️‍🩹