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Feral pigs and donkeys may be more salvation than scourge for ecosystems, study finds
An unscientific bias against “feral” or “invasive” animals threatens to undercut one of the great stabilizing trends making ecosystems healthier, a new paper argues. Introduced species such as feral pigs, horses, donkeys and camels represent a powerful force of “rewilding”  — the reintroduction of wild animals into ecosystems where humans had eradicated them — according to a study published Thursday in Science. In many such ecosystems, big herbivores spread seeds, increase plant diversity and work as “ecosystem engineers” — and that’s true whether those herbivores are “invasive” or “native,” the authors argue.  "One way to talk about this is: whether a visitor from outer space, w

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