The Unnatural Kingdom

The Unnatural Kingdom

One method of conservation described in The Unnatural Kingdom is animal relocation. Predictably, it involves relocating animals, but the population has to be monitored by the most advanced technologies available. When, or if the population reaches a desirable number, humans will go in and abduct a number of individuals and relocate them to another suitable environment. This separation promoted diversity in a species. Two herds may develop two distinct gene pools, making the species as a whole more resistant to disease and predation than one homogeneous herd.In the article, a situation of pregnant big horn sheep being relocated is used. 

Another conservation mention described was predation control. This involves monitoring tagged predators of an endangered species. If the predator overextends its "quota" of prey, it is eliminated. 

These two methods both use highly advanced technology at very high  reaction speeds. These two methods are different, but circumstantial. Predation control can be used to help an endangered species to begin recovering, and relocation can help the species stay strong. neither is better, instead the two methods are described like steps in a process in the article. Predator control of mountains lions is used first, and then "Once bighorn herds grew large enough to spare members, biologists moved them around — to establish new herds in long-vacant habitat." One us used, and then the other. Is depends upon how populous the species is. 

Any species recovering from the brink has less genetic diversity than they otherwise would have. genetic diversity expands over time, but suddenly contracts as a species is suddenly killed off. Diversity needs time to reexpand from this contracted state. 

Species used as examples in the article can still be described as "wild." Wild is, by definition, living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated. Animals with digital monitoring collars are still living in their natural habitat, and haven't been domesticated. Society's concept of "the wild" however, is not quite appropriate, but it is likely to evolve over time.