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Feral pigs and donkeys may be more salvation than scourge for ecosystems, study finds

A new paper argues that an unscientific bias towards “invasive” or “feral” animals threatens one of the greatest stabilizing trends in ecosystems. According to a new study, introduced species like feral pigs and horses, donkeys, and camels are powerful forces of “rewilding”, the reintroduction wild animals in ecosystems where humans have eradicated them.

 According to a recent paper, one of the major stabilizing trends that is improving ecosystems may be undermined by an illogical bias against “feral” or “invasive” animals. According to a study, “rewilding “—the reintroduction of wild animals into ecosystems where humans had eradicated them—is represented by introduced species like feral pigs, horses, donkeys and camels. According to a new paper, one of the major stabilizing trends that is improving ecosystems may be undermined by an scientific bias against “feral” or “invasive” animals. According to a study, “rewilding “—the reintroduction of wild animals into ecosystems where humans had eradicated them—is represented by introduced species like feral pigs, horses, donkeys and camels. 

A new paper argues that an unscientific bias towards “invasive” or “feral” animals threatens one of the greatest stabilizing trends in ecosystems. According to a new study, introduced species like feral pigs and horses, donkeys, and camels are powerful forces of “rewilding”, the reintroduction wild animals in ecosystems where humans have eradicated them.

  

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