Elephants, lions to roam North America once more?

On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 01:27:42AM +1000, Andrew Pam wrote:

Wed Aug 17, 1:03 PM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists are proposing reintroducing large mammals
such as elephants, lions, cheetahs and wild horses to North America to
replace populations lost 13,000 years ago.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050817/sc_nm/usa_wild_dc

Also this related story:

Lions and elephants on the Great Plains?
Scientists suggest relocating African species to North America

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 Posted: 1735 GMT (0135 HKT)

Donlan concedes that lions would be a tough sell to Americans.

"Lions eat people," he said. "There has to be a pretty serious attitude
shift on how you view predators."

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/08/17/wild.america.ap/

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