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About The Billion Dollar Mission to Rewild the World's Deadliest Big Cat

Humanity has spent centuries conquering the wilderness, but now a global movement is fighting to bring the wild back. From the dense jungles of Brazil to the frozen tundra of Siberia, the balance of power is shifting. In Argentina, the Jaguar s being reintroduced to kickstart a chain reaction of life. In Mozambique, researchers are finding ways for villagers and six-ton elephants to coexist without fences. Scientists in the Netherlands are using ancient DNA to bring back the Auroch, a prehistoric bovine that once ruled Europe. Meanwhile, in the Russian Arctic, a "climate time bomb" is ticking beneath the permafrost, and the only thing standing in its way is a herd of reintroduced bison and horses. This is the story of the people spending billions to fix what was broken and the incredible resilience of nature when humans finally step out of the way.

The Billion Dollar Mission to Rewild the World's Deadliest Big Cat is presented by Real Wild. Its listed runtime is 59 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

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Title
The Billion Dollar Mission to Rewild the World's Deadliest Big Cat
Category
Society
Runtime
59 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
Real Wild

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