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But still – “Should they be resurrected?” What about the habitat, food and other resources that will
be required to sustain them? With their disappearance from the earth, all the factors that supported
their survival have changed with time. What use will it be if the mammoths are revived but there is
no supporting environment for their sustenance?
A Russian Scientist Sergey Zimov and his son Nikita Zimov have been painstakingly studying about
resurrecting Woolly mammoths. They have established a Pleistocene Park in Northeastern Siberia
and attempting to rewild the Arctic, home for Woolly mammoths. Their motive is to save the planet
and the mortals. But when the Polar Bears are at the verge of extinction, Tigers are threatened, Rhi-
no is facing a terrible crisis and many other existing animals are at greater risk, is it wise in part of a
human to go after the long-gone creatures? Are we not supposed to preserve the existing creatures
over the extinct ones?
And this question is still haunting – “Is it an obligation to revive the woolly mammoths or is it yet an-
other obnoxious activity of the brilliant Homo sapiens?”
Prakriti Kandel
B.Tech. Biotechnology
4th Year (Batch-2015)
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