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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
“He argues that red wolves should be allowed to mate with coyotes — that natural selection should sort out the question of what animal is best for that landscape….Behind this debate lurks the larger question: What’s the right conservation philosophy when it comes to hybrids? Should we conserve genetic diversity in any form, including hybrids, or only in what are thought to be pure species? Should landscapes — even those most affected by human influence — ‘choose’ their own animals, or should we endeavor to conserve species as we imagine they once were?”
http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/should-red-wolves-be-allowed-to-mate-with-coyotes/?version=meter+at+1&contentId=&mediaId=&referrer=&priority=true&action=click&contentCollection=Science&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article