Re-wilding North America

@article{Donlan2005RewildingNA,
  title={Re-wilding North America},
  author={Josh Donlan},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2005},
  volume={436},
  pages={913-914}
}
A plan to restore animals that disappeared 13,000 years ago from Pleistocene North America offers an alternative conservation strategy for the twenty-first century, argue Josh Donlan and colleagues.Home on the rangeCheetahs, lions, elephants, camels and wild horses could be roaming North America again one day. That's the aim of a campaign to turn back the clock by ‘re-wilding’ the continent. Think Pleistocene Park. 
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