5 Animals That Could Rewild Britain - Reintroductions
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- Britain used to be a much wilder place. Britain was once home to many of the large mammals you can see in the rest of Europe but unfortunately today this is not the case. Over hunting and habitat loss led to the extinction of many wild animals in the UK but fortunately there might be a way back for them. Rewilding is a progressive approach to conservation. It's about letting nature take care of itself, enabling natural processes to shape land and sea. One exciting part of rewilding is reintroducing extinct species in the UK. In this video i will be focusing on these reintroductions as I will be going though 5 animals that could rewild Britain.
Rewilding Britain website: www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/
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European Bison Images:
smerikal
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Michael Gäbler
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Jan Stefka
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Eurasian Beaver images:
Bernard Ruelle
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Franz Fischer
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Aivar Ruukel
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patries71
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Klaudiusz Muchowski
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Klaus Rassinger, Gerhard Cammerer and Didier Descouens
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Jacek Zięba
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Sylvain Haye
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Eurasian lynx images:
Tobias
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Christian Fiderer
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Magnus Johansson
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Charlie Marshall
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Eurasian wolf images:
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Cloudtail the Snow Leopard
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Sonja Pauen
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Tambako The Jaguar
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White-tailed eagle images:
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European bison footage:
Lovely Planet Earth
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Gary Crowder
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Frantisek Styblo
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Jaap Bijsmans
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Lennart Hessel
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Eurasian Wolf footage:
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Enting Films (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
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Tokyo Zoo
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Eurasian Beaver Footage:
Rob Zweers
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Tom Hansen
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AlfAdek
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Eurasian Lynx Footage:
Steve
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Peter Smith Rewilding
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Gary Crowder
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eElurikkus
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White-tailed eagle footage:
eElurikkus
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Pascal Vagner
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Petr Student
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Nederlands: Natuur Digitaal (Marc Plomp); Stichting Natuurbeelden
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PrirodnyInstinkt
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Chuenguey Hwang
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American bison image:
Nu Artiztika
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Bobcat image:
matt "smooth tooth" knoth
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Iberian lynx image:
Steve Slater
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Canada lynx image:
Eric Kilby
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American beaver images:
hehaden
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Keith Williams
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I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
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Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed.
“European bisons are taller but weigh less than their American cousins”
You can also say the same about the people as well…
bruh
No
@@hashbrown4278 Yes
@@nah7856 prove it
@@hashbrown4278 No u
I’m an american and live in an area with mountain lions & coyotes, and I have frequented areas with heavy bear populations. I have also never seen one of these animals in the flesh.
The thing most people don’t understand is that predators are actually extremely skiddish if you don’t get them accustomed to the presence of humans. If bears aren’t fed human food, they stay away from human populations. Freak accidents and incidents do happen, but a majority of animal attacks are squarely the fault of the human. If you learn the behavior of your local large predators, it is EXTREMELY easy to avoid them and know how to circumvent their behavior. You can learn how to survive encounters with them by adjusting your own behavior, and thats assuming you’d ever actually see any of them.
i very much agree it's just most people in this country have no experience being around large animals and they think that if we reintroduced wolves then they would attack people even though that wouldn't be the case at all
@@TsukiCove i suppose thats one of the big problems with these animals (and carnivores in general) so frequently being portrayed in media as mindlessly aggressive monsters. People never question why a pack of wolves would bother attacking a strange unknown scrawny animal when they could just as well take down more familiar prey. I wonder if a media push to make people understand not only how good wolves and other predators are for the environment, but how theyre not dangerous provided you’re adequately prepared for them, would help. Especially if framed as “you wouldnt go on a hike without water, right? Same thing. Be prepared.”
Look at the UK and look at the population density. These animals will always be in the presence of humans, because their ranges will always intersect with areas of human activity. This isn't North America with vast peopleless spaces where animals can range and not see a person. We already have no space for more humans, let alone space for wild predators.
@@TheJiamy I think you have to remember there's a hell of a lot more space in America for predators to be 'skiddish' and potentially escape or take another route, in the UK there will be very little space for them to escape or evade humans. I agree with what you're saying but at the end of the day these animals have been known to attack and potentially kill and with so little space between humans and these large predators it will only be inevitable that injuries/deaths occur. As is the case even in America, where land is plenty, yet people still die to these animals.
I too live in America with coyotes mountain lions coyotes are seen all the time and mountain lions can be found on game cameras
For my sustainable solutions module I had to talk about ways to prevent flooding and I talked about reintroducing beavers back into uk wildlife and the benefits they provide including preventing floodings
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That depends on what side of the dam your on. If you're downstream, they're excellent flood control. Upstream, they actively make flooding worse.
I've had beavers in the creek in my front yard before. they flooded 15 acres of land, and my basement, and shifted my garden shed about 5 feet. The water level was up to the road out front.
Prevention of flooding is not sustainable, well in Australia our river ecosystems need flooding to keep it healthy
@@maxl3189 yeah but think of the size of the Uk vs Australia and Australia is mostly desert compared to the Uk
@@Dee-pn6hs size don't matter, and Australia has more snow cover then all of Switzerland.... And our great dividing range is probably bigger then all of UK, it's our trees, birds fish and mammals that benefit from flooding and I'd say in some way so would your ecosystem.
For millennia the rivers have flooded
The sad thing is that a lot of places in the world used to have lots of animals and it was like the African Savanna
Ever heard of the mammoth steppe
@@sgtplop We need to reintroduce genetically modified mammoth-elephant hybrids into siberia.
@@georgethompson1460 there are plans to do just that, artificially inseminating a hybrid into the womb if an asian elephant (a mammoths closest relative) eventually over time the wild population of hybrid Mammoths would eventually become more mammoth like than their original hybrid ancestors but we're decades away from such an attempt
yes north america used to look like africa except even moreso on wild animals, nobody knows why but a whole shit ton of large mammals all went extinct across the planet in a relatively short period of time. i don't believe it was human predation there were not enough of us (especially in the americas) and the weaponry was too primitive. africa was the exception and again nobody knows why all anybody has are theories.
why the mountain lion is still here but the saber tooth cat is gone, for example, is a huge mystery.
@@georgethompson1460 or let global warming happen and we can have elephants without fur.
I’m Irish but there’s a white tailed eagle nest in the woods behind my house, I’m no bird watcher but I would observe them soar and the flocks of pigeons react and dispersing intricately is unbelievable, they also used to interact with buzzards
This is fantastic. 😃🐦 ❤
I didn't know any white tailed eagles were back in Ireland. That is brilliant news to hear. Presumably one of the groups released down Kerry way (don't say, location best kept quiet) because I have seen mentions of released down there but I'm not certain exactly which breeds they released.
not sure what animals used to be there but i'd say eire could stand to have more flora and fauna too.
sounds beautiful. we got tons of crows around here plus tons of othe creatures like raccoons, skunks which are actually beautiful aside from the smell they sometimes emit, possums, sometimes coyotes plus more squirrels than you can shake a stick at and an amazing group of flourescent orange butterflies i love it it's amazing.
peace in ireland north and south
One of the main problems with introducing large predators like wolves is that you can't just have a few of them. You need a reasonably large population (maybe a few hundred) to allow enough genetic diversity for their long-term survival. That might require more land and prey animals than the modern UK can provide.
America don't really have much of a wolf attack do too how they mostly avoid human settlements and remain docile and skittish towards humans. The big problem we have are coyotes something been mistaken for Wolf.
@@majesticgothitelle1802 I didn't say anything about wolves attacking people. I expressed doubt that the UK has enough wilderness and wild prey to support a sustainable wolf population.
@@matthewzito6130 They would keep the number of Red Deer down...they are causeing a lot of damage to sprouting vegetation .
@@ChristophersMum If one pack of 10 wolves kills 50-100 deer in a year (not all adults), you might need 500-1000 deer in one place to support one wolf pack (obviously deer will still die from other causes). Multiply that by 20 or 30 similar-sized wolf packs to achieve the bare minimum number of wolves needed for genetic diversity and long-term survival, and you're going to need something like 20,000 to 30,000 deer in one area.
@@matthewzito6130 you underestimate how many deer are in the UK
I moved to the mountains of Idaho (USA) 25 yrs. ago from Texas. Since then I have had interaction with most local predators. I have rescued a black bear cub & have had mountain lions use some of my trees as scratching posts. I have observed wolves feeding on gut packs left by elk hunters. I have been lucky enough to have seen wolverines on 2 occasions. I have never been afraid to hike or camp in Idaho. Living with these animals as well as deer, elk, moose, otters, beavers & eagles is a privilege. With a balanced eco system, the loss of livestock is minimal. You owe it to your children to reintroduce wildlife where possible.
if you don't kill all the deer and other food animals that these big predators eat, they tend to avoid humans, like up in Mercer Wi, they have wolves and bears and from the locals they'll tell you that you'll rarely see them out and they don't tend to bother people
Love this!
we are mostly not on their radar they are mostly indifferent to us and we are a far far greater danger to them than they are to us. here in L.A. a lady moutain biker got mauled by a mountain lion and she started a campaign to have mountain lions removed from the area and she got a shitstorm of protest and hate mail but her attitude is typical for alot of modern day city slickers we only think about us and ours and carefully avoid looking at the bigger picture. we don't even care all that much about other people let alone the rest of the planet. the lady in question was wealthy surprise surprise.
i live in the suburbs but we actually have a surprising amount of wildlife around here i love it so what if it's a temporary incovenience at times. the environment needs them far more than it needs me.
@@NoirL.A. In Idaho mountain lions/cougars are just referred to as "cats". All cats are basically similar. Cats react to rapid movement. Generally if you are hiking you will never even see a cougar. They are extremely stealthy. However if you are jogging or mountain biking, the odds of a confrontation greatly increases. I tell visitors who want to go for a run in the national forest to just tie a pork chop around their neck & get it over with sooner.
Couldn't have said it better, as a younger generation I feel like we really being robbed of nature's beauty. Hearing all this stories while I know that I will probably lose the chance to experience any in the near future, is very tragic. I really hope we can help nature recover
I hope they reintroduce the Roman legionaries back into Britain.. They went extinct in the (UK) in 400AD due to hunting
Isn't there a multi millionaire in Scotland who is fencing hundreds (thousands?) of acres up in the highlands and re-introducing many species which have become extinct in the wild. Not necessarily rewilding in the traditional sense but bringing some species back, albeit in a secure area. I remember him saying he wanted to re-introduce both wolves and bears once the area was totally secure but I've not heard anything since. Maybe you could do a video on his efforts.
I live in the highlands and there is a guy trying but sadly he has been getting a lot of push back from farmers. There is also the issue of the freedom to roam that allows people to basically go wherever they want to across open land. People have argued that bringing back predators would then mean that it would be unsafe to walk across the hills and such
@@cdfraser wolves and Lynxes do not pose a threat to people, only dogs...good excuse to keep them on a leash
It would be lovely to see something wilder than a hedgehog back in the UK :) And trust me, as a Canadian. We have Lynx, and they *never* go after livestock. They mainly feed on rabbits (snowshoe hares up here), to the extent where their own population numbers are closely linked to those of the hares. They're also very shy, and you rarely ever see them. Calling them a "big" cat is a misnomer -- they're no bigger than a medium sized dog, and pose far less danger. Brits have nothing to fear from them.
Bobcats are smaller than the Eurasian lynx and a different species. Meaning there pretty irrelevant to the Eurasian lynx reintroduction discussion. Your arguing a grizzly vs a polar bear basically
@@samsmith4242 I didn't mean bobcats. I meant the Canadian Lynx, which is comparable in size to the Eurasian Lynx. Oh, and Polar and Grizzly bears are similar enough to interbreed, so not really the best analogy there.
@@violetlight1548 mist if the mammal species here are similar enough to do that, but the size and behavioural differences in a polar bear and grizzly are massive. The Eurasian lynx will hunt livestock, the Canada lynx doesn’t it’s simple. Different species different behaviours
@@samsmith4242 Eurasian lynx are still tiny, they aren’t actually much bigger than a German Shepard
@@theotheseaeagle that's a cat, comparable in size with a dog breed that's often trained for military service. That's a f-ing big cat!
i wish something like this would be done in germany, not many wild animals can be found in our forests, even if the gouverment tells a different story. everything gets hunted down, a few years ago they claimed to be happy that wolfs are comming back to germany, but they already started hunting them.
Well,for your surprise there's a rewilding initiative in the Oder Delta led by Rewilding Europe.I recommend you to take a look of the initiative on RUclips,social media and Google. Besides that,there are other rewilding initiatives in Germany involving rustic cattle or back breeding cattle to recreate aesthetically the Aurochs,the names are the Tauros Programme and the Auerrind project
Don’t you already have small populations of lynx in Germany?
@@theotheseaeagle yes there are
I'm pretty sure there are some wolves and brown bears in the Black Forest.
Same story as everywhere in the developed world, where the environment has been ruined due to industrialisation and only now do we have to pick up the pieces.
Instead of trying to rewild overpopulated nations like England, we should focus on protecting the wilderness we already have. Here in Canada I’ve watched countless forests be bulldozed for urbanization that shows no signs of slowing down
I agree there should be a limit but isn't Canada a gigantic, wild place with hardly any population? Surely u can spare a bit of that land?
@@EresirThe1st yeah, capitalisms ability to feed more caused overpopulation. Let them eat cake? Let them starve and then the remaining can feast!
England is just one of the Nations on the Island of Britain. He did say Britain, did he not?
@@iordanneDiogeneslucas exactly. 2 billion people worldwide, no more. Move people from wild areas to already urbanized ones so that you don't have to destroy forests to make houses. Lived on Borneo your entire life? Too bad, pack your stuff, you're moving to South China. What's that? Your family lived in the Scottish Highlands for generations? Well welcome to Edinburgh, make yourself at home! Enact programs to control the population, eliminate oppositors to said programs, end humanity's problems. /srs (/j)
@@EresirThe1st I would argue that the core issue isn’t overpopulation but animal agriculture. As stated at the beginning of the video, around 70% of the UK’s landmass is used for farming and likely over 80% of that is used for animal herding or for growing animal feed. That is the single biggest space issue on the British Isles and the solution of decreasing meat/dairy/egg consumption and transitioning to more plant based products is an easy one. Let’s not blame urbanisation alone when it’s impact on the wild (and climate change) is minuscule compared to animal agriculture
Almost all of these species already returned to the Netherlands, makes me feel proud of my country
This is amazing news! I live in middle America (Missouri) and the conservation department reintroduced elk back. After 200 years of not being present here they just opened an elk season here. It's a limited drawing based hunt, so only 40 or so tags are issued, but the elk are doing quite well here. Hopefully the U.K. will have much success with this endeavor.
no because the uk is too small and overcrowded
I know it's a lot smaller but we need also a lot more protections for hedgehogs who are now endangered. Also they need to get more red squirrels back into the ecosystem. I agree with the animals you said about adding though good video.
This was a great introduction to rewilding Britain. I make videos specifically about UK nature and have a long video on the pros/cons of lynx reintroductions coming out in a few weeks, but it's great to see something discussing more than one species. I only just discovered your channel but I'm definitely subscribing!
you may find this interesting.
ruclips.net/video/MPzsool6v9E/видео.html
I live in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. We have a site here called Lea Valley. An ancient river that connects Herts, to the Thames. They re introduced beavers around 10 years ago and there growth has been staggering. You often see them bathing and swimming in the lakes collecting materials 🦫
I used to live in Harlow, had no idea this had happened so close.
It’s crazy to think all you guys have for wildlife is an occasional beaver. Just yesterday I walked outside and saw an 8 foot tall black bear using a stick to get a bird feeder down.
@@shane6450 thats the cons of living so close to London Shane. Im lucky to live in ‘home counties’ which is just north of London, but compared to the Central city - it is a different world. We have a lot more countryside, and the wildlife is vast. But nothing compared to where you are buddy. I envy you. Please protect your environment for future generations 🙏🏽🙏🏽👍🏽
@@shane6450 best wishes from London 👍🏽✨
There are around 40 Million more people in the UK that there were when these animals roamed the sparsely populated UK back in the 17th century.
Great video! Love seeing other channels cover Rewilding! 🌿
This is an incredible concept i'd never even considered! I did further research into things such as this happening around the world and discovered that in my home country of Australia have been starting programs to reintroduce the quoll which is a marsupial which once roamed the mainland of Australia but is now only found on the island of Tasmania. Faith in humanity RESTORED!
Very cool and practical way to re-energize landscapes :)
I have an idea for an episode. Most of these animals were not very numerous in Poland at one time, but nowadays they are found here in large numbers. Species such as the bison, wolf, beaver and elk have been successfully re-inducted. Of course, we still have a lot of problems with some species, for example lynxes, but we still managed to do it with a relatively large number of species. Tracing the history of these species in Poland could be a lesson for other nations, and a proof that it is possible to effectively re-iducted even large animals.
the bears in romania are a fucking nightmare
Great video as usual Tsuki.
Thanks i appreciate it :)
I never realize how similar North American and UK wildlife are.
Rewilding is an amazing concept!!! I'm glad you put up a link so any and everyone can help out....every little bit counts!!
i know it's such an interesting topic i just hope there's more reintroductions in the future, thanks for the support as always :)
@@TsukiCove , 🐮🔪⛓😭/😵🔴🦠🍖🐔. Hypoooocrite 🤥. Big Time !!!! Over a frigging 5 minute hamburger et cetera !!!!!! CuIt🔴foIIowing !!!!! You can have vegan burgers and vegan chicken and vegan pizza and vegan curry and vegan tacos and vegan burritos..... without murder !!! Simple !!! ✅🤷🏼♂️. Vegan burgers blindfold test, Number 1 ever, delicious !!!!
@@VeganV5912 what u call 'murder' is killing, u cant have nature without death, also vegan food tastes really weird and kinda bad. Animal farming is a symbiotic relationship, humans give them free food, water, shelter, protection and spread their species across the globe, and in return they give their bodies to feed our people. I dont agree with factory farming tho, free range produces the best meat and gives them good lives.
@@VeganV5912 vegan chicken lmao how much chicken is in the vegan chicken. If that's how you roll I'll sell you a mud gold bar.
A major issue as well are invasive plant species. The area around where I live is full of Himalayan balsam which has eroded the river banks and destroyed biodiversity
Very true they can be as problematic as invasive animals
Love watching your videos I always find your voice so calming 😌
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I absolutely love these episodes,you should do more of them !
4:18 lynx will also keep fox numbers in check, which will then benefit poultry keepers
What will stop them from then eating the poultry!?....
Hunting
@@zacwayman9473 Exactly, probably not what those proposing re-wilding have in mind but inevitable.
Very cool. I would say that Rewilding is an amazingly good idea to get behind.
Cheers Tsuki and keep making these cool videos my man
There are a number of bird species that have been reintroduced to the UK in my lifetime. When I was a kid red kites were only found in a small part of Wales, but you can now see them all over the place, mostly thanks to reintroduction programmes. Just last weekend I saw cranes in the wild in the UK for the first time. They had been extinct here since the 17th century, but they're back, both thanks to a reintroduction programme in the Somerset Levels and some natural resettlement in the Norfolk Broads. They're a truly majestic sight.
Really enjoyed this video, some great ideas. There’s so much wildlife I’d love to see back in the UK. A fox or badger is more or less the most exciting thing I see!
I live on sailboat off the rain coast of British Columbia ... pretty wild. So great and re-assuring to see this big change back to eco systems globally. Way to go Britain...
I support it but as long as the lynx is the largest predator gets added, I’m sure walkers, farmers and villagers will be kept happy. I wouldn’t want to wake up and see a wolf in my garden!
Why? I would love it.
Shut up
These animals are unlikely to harm you…ur more likely to to hurt them first, hence why they’re extinct in the UK
The wolf scare is so ridiculous, I don't know whether I should laugh or cry. I live in Poland, in an area where the wolves live. I go on hikes to the nearby forest somewhat regularly and I've NEVER seen a wolf in the wild. They are very afraid of people and almost never attack. It's hard to spot one, let alone be attacked by one. A feral/loose dog is a MUCH bigger threat than a wolf. Seeing one in your backyard, if you live in at least somewhat urban area is almost guaranteed to never happen.
I wish i could go back in time to see a much more natural landscape that this country used to have
In the last few years, Elk (or Wapiti) have been reintroduced to my home state of West Virginia. It is great to have such a majestic animal back in the hills, and I hope that they will be able to sustain a large herd.
I saw two Red Tailed Kites above the A3 just south of Tolworth, the furthest into London that I've noticed since their reintroduction. They are all over the Chilterns and down the M3 corridor but really impressed to see that they have settled in so close to an urban environment. Not sure if I'd want a wolf so close to home though!!
The red kites are literally everywhere in the Chilterns. I know a couple of nests from where I live. One of the greatest re-introduction success stories of all time
I do a 45 minute drive from northwest London to high Wickham every day. I see atleast 2 red kites along the motorway a day. I also see alot of them in the Sevenoaks area of kent
I hope as a species we can turn things around and live more harmoniously with nature, before it’s too late.
It’s too late
Awesome channel. Subbed
Glad you used your platform to talk about this its very important
The bad thing about the white tailed eagle is they hunt sheep and cattle because of the lack of rabbits because of the rabbit disease in Australia.
I've been camping and hiking in various wild areas of Canada. I've never come across a wolf or bear that didn't take off or ignore me completely. They don't generally want to get involved. Moose on the other hand scare me. They will charge you.
But the lynx, just get a sheepdog of some sort. That cat will stay away.
Another great video!
Awesome video btw
I think reintroductions are too heavily relied upon in modern conservation. Habitat creation and restoration, plus habitat corridors is what should be being talked about. Yes, the European Beaver is a good habitat tool, but the cleaning of polluted rivers and waterways must come first. I think mass culling of deer and the meat used for food, would benefit the environment, especially in the Highlands of Scotland, but would also benefit man. I have too many ideas to post.
yes, I seriously can't comprehend the reasons scotland doesnt monopolise on venison production
yer absolutely right but this is still, at least, a good start.
But if you're going to cull deer then you may as well reintroduce a predator, such as the Lynx, who would hunt deer? Having a predator will also change the deer's behaviour by keeping them on the move and not graze in one area for a long period of time.
yeah we need to focus on stopping more ecosystems being destroyed, before focusing resources on rebuilding, which is more controversial and expensive
@@liukin95
Lynx wouldn't do any change in deer number. They are not knonwn to hunt deer, at least that is really not their main prey animal.
U need a large number of predators that actively hunt deer, if u want to see changes in deer population. Several wolf packs would do enough damage in deer herds to see their numbers dropping. But it is questionable what would the wolf hunt, deer or sheep?
I live in the rural West in the US in wolf country and come from a ranching family, I do not worry in the slightest about my safety with wolves they are scared of people, I would worry far more about personal safety with Bison than wolves, they are mean critters. Could Lynx reintroduction wipe out what is left of Scottish Wildcats? Just a thought.
I truly wish there could be middle ground between carnivore conservation and the ranching industry. Theres too much hate and anger on both sides and gets everyone nowhere.
Who is the artist playing your theme music and what it the track called?
"In the US, if you were to stroll about in the wilderness, you'd have to keep a look out for bears, wolves & mountain lions..."
Well, I mean... In some places, yeah.
The biggest danger to humans are bear, coyotes and deer in heat
We have all of those in the Pacific Northwest, but it isn't something you think about all the time. Just something to be aware of, is all.
I do a lot of hiking here.
Five species of animals to rewild to islands and each of the planet’s continents
I agree with all of this, but as a lad who grew up on a farm, I must say;
Livestock being killed by wolves is only one issue. Compensation per death is a good idea. But a pack of wolves band together and chase your entire livestock great distances out of their intended position and far beyond the borders of your land? This would be horrendous to deal with repeatedly and consume a huge amount of time and resources. Are there ideas in place to handle this issue?
Do u think u could make a rewilding iteland video pls and this is one of my favorite videos by far keep up the good work
Only just came across your channel 🇬🇧 Great Stuff
I live in the Czech Republic and recently there have ben wolves in the areas near the border as well as bears. Im personally very happy to see this as boar and deer are very overpopulated here but many farmers are not happy as some of their livestock has ben getting killed by the wolves. Hopefully they won't allow farmers to shoot them as I think these wolves and bears would have a huge positive impact on the environment.
I absolutely love this idea that is starting in human society. There is no better builder at nature than, Nature itself. This perspective is so accurate and it's great we are finally seeing it this way. I live in Oregon and go on nearly daily hikes, and night hikes with my new strong flashlight and 2 dogs. I hope people can understand that even if dangerous animals are around it's very possible to coexist with them. I love that idea Norway did with it's farmers. Perfect answer.
the UK is too small.
think again
Nice Vid.
ive seen white tailed eagles countless times in the hebrides. there was one time when i was on a beat on Harris, and an eagle flew quite low about 3 storey house height above my head. it was MASSIVE
I'd also like to see wildcats reintroduced into England and the future of the red squirrel secured, which would mean eradicating the grey squirrel
it is possible that they could coexist again the red squirrel would not be in the same numbers it once was but it is entirely do-able to substantially raise their numbers without killing off the grays. yer gov. doesn't want to pay for it.
i think they're both beautiful. very smart too.
@@NoirL.A. They don't coexist. The greys are bigger, much more aggressive and simply outcompete the reds. You'd have to continuously keep periodically reintroducing reds if you wanted to keep both populations. Greys also carry squirrel pox which wipes the reds out. Its not possible. Greys are also a non-native invasive species, so they naturally shouldn't be here
@@ringtail6670 i've heard otherwise but either way yer right it would require a very definite human effort and ultimnately could still be unsuccesful but wiping out the grays AND bringing back the reds simulataneously would be an even bigger endeavor. and yes i also know north american grays were accidental stowaways on ships happens all the time there is no way to avoid it once human beings have a certain level of seafaring proficiency. most people also don't know squirrels are entirely edible but we modern day city slickers are just too culturally picky about what we will and will not eat.
Wildcats could easily be brought back, but they like many wild creatures of europe have dwindled and vanished from the land greatly, so first they must be bred in captivity until their numbers are good enough to be reintroduced without costing the species gene pool, and must be away from where pet cats live to prevent hybridisation.Therefore, the only good places for them to go back to are thetford forest, kielder forest and other places where domestic cats aren’t roaming around at and they will have all they need to thrive.
So when the wolves start extending their range out of 'the more remote areas' what happens then?
Wolfs wont do that
Apparently three female bison were released here last year, and one of them was pregnant. I guess they're waiting a bit to start releasing males.
I didn’t know you guys had Bison I’ve lived near a Bison farm I California most my life they are very cool to see alive beautiful animals
I love the idea but I don't belive with imigration and mass population explosion this would be feasible. To much land is being turned in to housing. But I'd love protective methods to keep wildlands for these animals
Put aside Scotland, and Wales. Is rewilding even remotely realistic in England? I've travelled pretty extensively in our country and the one thing I can never get away from is that there are no wild places any more, you're never more than a ridge away from another person. The great outdoors is long gone, the small pockets of carefully managed outdoors is what we have now.
Our land is either; settled, farmed or *heavily* touristed. There just isn't the space or privacy for reintroduction of many animals as far as I can see. I understand it may be a bit more realistic in Scotland but in England?
It just seems like fantasy to me, human pressure on the land is increasing all the time, the idea of handing even a small portion back over to nature seems so far away from where we are at as a society I struggle to see it.
Yeah your right now for the first time in my life you can't move for English people its absolutely horrible l wish it was anybody else as they will ruin Scotland.
That’s such a load of shite. I live in england and it’s unbelievably diverse in habitat and landscapes. stop talking out your arse lol.
@@DukeOfArrakis it's not shite, it's a valid point. I've been working in conservation for over 25 years. Yes, lots of nice areas but most are "managed". Rewinding (The
most inappropriately used phrase in conservation ) in its true form could only really happen in the Scotland IMO. Allowing nature to reset it's own balance requires vast tracts of land. Knep estate for example, although a fantastic project is a long way off rewilding, still lots of management.
@@DukeOfArrakis diverse, yes, but it is ever so small and as the OP says there are no truly wild places in England such that it is almost impossible to get lost - just walk in a direction for a little and you'll come across someone or a development of some sort. Deer thrive and are over populated in pockets but there isn't the space to sustain anything bigger than Red deer.
Outstanding 👍👍
Happy to here the eagles are back. As long as they go after those damn seagulls and not my chips. ;)
Fun fact : Around 2030 ,30% of the world will be protected for animals.
people are animals
@@Purwapada So ,we are destroying ourselves??
I’m from northern Iraq, wolves and jackals use to be a really bad problem. The government wouldn’t control the population and wouldn’t allow farmers to defend their sheep with firearms. People got fed up and would actively hunt then secretly. I think population control would be essential to keeping a balance in the UK also.
I think you deserve more subscribers.
this is such an interesting topic
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Is there really enough room in the UK for the wolves?
I admit my knowledge of the topography of the UK is somewhat limited, but I genuinely wonder if a wolf population could successfully be introduced in such a highly populated island without major issues between them and humans.
Would be fascinating to see it happen though I admit.
there were wolves in the isles long ago so there can be agian theres no new cities or townships and lots of old forests and countryside, if farmers are sufficiently penalized for harming wolves in any way they will prosper again.
Here in the netherlands we also have a small population of wolves that just migrated here from germany. Seeing that certain parts of the uk are less densely populated (the uk as a whole is also bigger) I would say it could be doable, maybe somewhere in scotland?
Scotland would benefit from rewilding. UK is an irrelevant concept in rewilding. It is a matter for Scotland.
UK has been overpopulated the minute romans stepped on the isles. and has been ever since.
@@Akaryusan I suppose my concern is introducing a population of animals that might just be annihilated by humans all over again.
However if something like what Norway has could be implemented then it might work. I just worry for the health and safety of the wolves.
lynx, wolves and bears. i would love to see the wild in the uk again
would you?
even if it meant toddlers being eaten alive because of artificial reintroduction in a too small island.
go to the zoo instead. This vanity project is going to cost lives
you learn to live with them not against them, its about educating well. they were here once before, and so should be again.
@@Tigerbearwolf8600 so by extension we should reintroduce smallpox?
They don’t really fall in the same category to be honest. We have so many wild deer here they wouldn’t have the need to hunt humans, and most encounters are wrong place at the wrong time, a lot of the time the cases being the animal has been scared or defending young or territory, there are not many reported deaths by these animals even when an attack occurs. Being fearful of them encourages people to hate them, harm/hunt them, when all you need is understanding. Their not to be feared but treasured, obviously you don’t try to pet them, left alone they tend to avoid interaction with people.
@@Tigerbearwolf8600 my point is, unfortunately it is *impossible* to avoid human interaction that will cause harm to both in the UK because there is not enough space. The UK of 500 years ago is too different to what it is today, it's on par with releasing dinosaurs, in terms of ecological change
When i was a child i used to do large walks over meadows, fields, through the forest etc (mainly open-land isolated areas) with my family.
One time we went over a meadow surrounded by forestry it was typically empty but we saw a large cat? it was blackish I didn’t get to see much of it and my parents said we should go back because of it, of course since me and my cousins were kids we ran lol but i do remember a glimpse of it.
Honestly coolest animal i saw for myself irl as i do live in the UK
No burbot on the list shameful! :) save it for the next one. Really enjoy the vids keep them up.
Bison? In KENT??? Are you crazy? Have you people thought about what happens WHEN - not if - a herd decides to push through a gap in a fence and gets onto one of the network of high speed railway lines? Or wanders up the drive way of a house and into their back garden? Or onto a motorway during peak traffic period? Population density is about 1200 people per square mile. Of all the counties in England you could have possibly picked to reintroduce bison, Kent must be the worst choice.
Why don't you go the whole hog, and release them in Hyde Park?
The UK is one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. Some of these suggestions are absurd.
It's lovely to see effort being put into so many residing projects. But especially in the UK there's just not a lot of room left. We need to work on people taking up less space
It amazes me that kites had to be re-introduced, see them all the time walking my dog. super distinctive too, couldn't imagine never seeing them hovering in the air looking for prey.
Arent Red Kytes native to Wales. Thats their national bird.
Did you know there are wild 🍂 reindeer 🦌 in Scotland 🏴 ?
Wow
You just need wolf's now.
@@skan7677 And bison 🦬 as well as moose 🦌
It will be like before the British Isles colonization
I hope they do this with other country's, but i hope hunting would be allowed to manage populations of these species when their populations are large enough, predator management is important, let nature sort itself out i agree but we are also apart of nature. And hunting is natural and beneficial for nature if controlled
These reintroductions would be fantastic... currently our largest preditorary mammal in Britain is the hedgehog, very misunderstood and can be fatal. not many attacks are publicised.. great upload thanks.
The success of the beaver in Scotland can largely be attributed to the release of a separate population on the river Tay in 2012 - 3 years after the controlled reintroduction in Knapdale. It was this population of beavers that may have either escaped or been purposely released, that caused the number of beavers in Scotland to rise once again. It took a lot of campaigning for the Scottish Government to recognise them as a protected species and allow them to stay, and even now they continue to issue licenses for lethal control when conflict arises with landowners. We are still far, far behind the rest of Europe when it comes to attitudes towards rewilding. Rewilding success stories in the UK have been down to local people inspired in their communities, and is something the government needs to be more involved in. Thank you for this video
They want to do that here in Ireland too. The species for Ireland are the :
Wolf
Lynx
European elk/ moose ( replacement for the Irish elk )
Capercaillie
Wildcat
Sturgeon
Reindeer
White Park Cattle
Unfortunately no bears as well, a bear is too dangerous for Ireland
Glad that you made the distinction between elk and moose. German immigrants to the US had heard of a giant deer named Elk but never seen one so when they encountered the Wapiti it was named an elk. But reforrest Ireland before introducing the elk is my advice as elks survive on pine and fir sprucec during the winter
@@nilselgenstierna3282 Ya, moose and elk are the same to europe. But in Ireland Elk was the Megaloserous. European Elk would make a good replacement for the Irish Elk. And no worry on it, Ireland has plenty of Coniferous forests. We need to up the planting of hardwoods instead
Bears aren't that dangerous. Just leave them be and they won't harm you.
@@brandon9172 Bears are too dangerous to livestock. Not the people. They can kill us but there's alot of isolated uninhabited wilderness here. We can handle ourselves but bears would cost farmers and livestock keepers too much money in damages
@@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344
America, Canada, and Russia all have large populations of brown bears (and black bears) and there's plenty of farmers and livestock keepers there. They have minimal impact on them compared to other predators.
I'd like to ask you if you know how hunting in the U.S. works. And here's the answer, due to certain areas having a lack of predators, unlike they were back in the old days, elk and deer would destroy the vegetation of the country. Pigs are destroying crops, land and a lot more. They are destructive and there's about 235,000,000 in the U.S. and are technically an invasive species.
The idea is too hunt and act as the predator that they no longer have. It keeps the population from exploding and destroying the countries landscapes and vegetation
@@brandocal-risian2720 but that takes time and effort to control populations. We already have massive culls of deer here each year in the UK, introducing predators would save us some time and effort of doing it ourselves
While I still love these videos, I do deeply miss the extended intro. The music was soothing
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Have you looked up Alladale Wilderness Reserve in Scotland? They have already reintroduced Boar, European Bison and European Elk to the area and want to get Lynx, Wolves and Bears also back into the area.
Beavers were only purposefully reintroduced into Scotland on the West Coast south of Oban, however some captive Beavers escaped from Auchingarrich Wildlife Park in Comrie and set up residence on the river Earn successfully and have just been left as they have adapted to the environment and it to them.
The biggest issue rewilding faces is that those who also want to introduce rewilding often don't want to reintroduce hunting, which is both a natural mechanism and preventative tool for the rewilding to impact human encroachment. Reintroducing lynx or wolves for example will still do little to stop deer from encroaching closer to human habitats, which means hunting is also needed. The huge issue is when huntering conservationism incorrectly targets the wrong animals, hence the need for hunting seasons.
hunters are vermin
@@twostop6895 It is a distinct lack of hunting and trapping laws that leads to things like deer and boar culls, even in the UK.
Pine marten is one that could be widely re-introduced first as they live here already. I think Lynx could work but not ready just yet, the more habitat regeneration possible the more space they have, plus people's opinion will need to change on the Lynx somehow. Would be cool to have pathways between the wilderness areas or national parks where predators can travel safely across the Uk.
Yeah, in England at least the suitable areas for lynx are so fragmented that it's not possible. We need to see a dramatic decrease in land used for farming to try and create these corridors, otherwise the populations would be isolated
Non of the UK governments will ever give proper compensation for "wild animals" taking livestock, the very few lambs sea eagles take it takes many months of paperwork and in some cases having to take the government to court to get the very little amount of compensation they are due
Wolves are fantastic, when they were reintroduced to Yellowstone park in the USA they literally saved the park. Without any predators, deer/elk overbred, and ate all the foliage leaving the area almost desolate, without the plants floods were greater and there was more soil erosion. Fewer plants also meant fewer herbivores and the animals that prey on them. All increased in number when wolves came back.
Maybe you could do a video about 5 instances where the introduction/arrival of a non-native species was beneficial to an environment.
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Arguably the North American Beaver to southern Argentina/Chile.
Invasive species are *never* beneficial to the environments in which they are introduced. Scratch underneath the surface of any supposed "benefit" and you'll find that "benefit" may very well be causing more harm than good.
@@emilycarrick3570 When an introduced species takes the role of a species that has gone extinct, leaving that niche, the introduced species is beneficial. An example of this is the dingo. It took the role of apex predator in Australia after the marsupial predators had gone extinct in mainland Australia. In areas where the dingoes have been removed, the ecosystem becomes very unbalanced.
@@DragonFae16 The dingo was introduced to Australia 4,000 years ago, the Australian environment has had ample time to adapt to it's presence.
Hard to compare that kind of situation with the invasive species of today, the vast majority of which have not been in their new "homes" for longer than a hundred or a hundred fifty years tops, many don't even come close to that. That's nothing in evolutionary time!
That goes without mentioning that no invasive species could perfectly occupy the niche of an extinct species anyway.
OK. Here's my take on this and someone has mentioned something similar..
We should not introduce any predator, larger than the lynx, I see some comments don't think wolves or even brown bears would not be a threat to humans, not true.
Brown bears, would not actively go out their way to attack humans. They are quite shy, however, they are territorial animals and very protective of their young.
Wolves would be apex predators, they are also opportunity feeders, they may have access to rabbits and deer, however. Farm stock and humans would be easy prey and they can and do attack humans, especially in winter when food is not as abundant.
I can imagine a small family. Single. People, or young kids going for a walk in your local woods, getting too close to unsuspecting bears, or a pack wolves eyeing you up for an easy meal, then next minute, your food, or killed, or maimed.
One argument to have the wolves is to keep the. Deer population down, why? If we have so much deer, that it can be a population problem, why is the meat so expensive?
yes exactly my position.
This vanity project is going to cost lives
Bears wolves and mountains lions aren’t as much of a problem as people think in the states tbh. As long as you keep bear mace and make sure you pack food away correctly most big animals will tend to avoid people unless their babies are at stake
I mostly afraid of deer and moose in here them wolves.
Ive seen a white tailed eagle in england! They live on the iow mostly, but on thorney island which is just across the channel (no distance at all for an eagle) and an RSPB reserve, theres big wooden perches. Was out for a walk around thorney alone once, on a very quiet and rainy day and i must of literally been the only person on that whole side of the island. Saw a white tailed eagle sat on a perch, and as soon as it saw me it took off out to sea. Was absolutely gigantic
Problem is with people, wolves don't generally attack people, they run the other way. So there's no controversy, it's people not knowing what they're talking about.
I was really holding out hope for _Baryonyx walkeri_ myself 😏🤞
Or at least a cute _Hypsilophodon foxii_ 🤞
RIP 125,000,000 BCE; gone but not forgotten.
I drove in Scotland, and there were countless dead sheep, next to the roads, hit by cars. I think as long as people have cars, they have nothing to say about wolves! The Bison is too long ago, to be honest. That cannot be considered a reintroduction.
I was thinking they should reintroduce Hobbits, I think there are still some left in the wilds of New Zealand.
But hobbits are fictional and trademarked by The Tolkien estate.
@@SlapstickGenius23 😂🤣
State of the UK's wildlife is honestly sad
Shut up
The UK is spent. Too many migrants, reckless spending, and a wilderness-deforested.
As a bird lover, I miss the UK's mini-skirted species.
Great facts and pictures. Speaking more slowly would be greatly appreciated. Not only would it be easier for learners of English to follow you, also it would probably sound a bit more peacefully paced to me. Thank you! Keep up the good work. Great info!