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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jan-Paul Charteris" data-source="post: 2717752" data-attributes="member: 71800">Labrador Duck would be rather nice <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Edited just to say that is a joke (hence the smiley). My Knee jerk reaction is that this is a ludicrous idea when we have birds to conserve that are still with us.Given the pressures that are already on north-west Atlantic seabird populations because of changes in the population of marine vertebrates and the shifts in the balance of the food chain, I can't honestly think that we can really kid ourselves that introducing Great Auk having brought it back from extinction isn't going to have a further impact. It may not, but it's a ridiculous risk to take. There have certainly been increases in the population/range of other seabirds (Fulmar just as one example, and I believe also Gannet), and there have certainly been changes in the food chain since Great Auk became extinct. The habitat may look the same in that cliffs plunge down into saline water, but the ecosystem definitely isn't the same, and that's surely what matters</blockquote>