translocation

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“The animals suitable for translocations to a place like the Cascades, it’s a small set of animals out there.”

From Seattle Times

He and other conservation scientists caution that translocations are not first-line interventions for saving species—but sometimes, they are the only option.

From Science Magazine

This money allows the department to maintain two dedicated bighorn sheep biologists; fund the captive breeding facility; and pay for helicopter surveys, captures and translocations, veterinary disease testing, predation control and more.

From Washington Times

If translocation efforts were to occur in the future, FWP would want to know what the risk would be of the pathogens spilling over to or from other herds, Almberg said.

From Washington Times

And with respect to translocation, it hopes to "inform research and future ecological approaches".

From BBC