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Dire Wolfs: The Revival- beneficial or harmful to the environment and what’s the goal?

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Photo Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dire-wolves-colossal-de-extinction-got The Dire Wolf, or scientific term “Aenocyn Dirus” is estimated to be extinct for around 13,000 years. Recently, a company called Colossal Bioscience has brought back to life the long extinct Dire Wolf, or have they? Let's first dive into what a Dire Wolf was like. Once roaming the Americas during the late pleistocene and early holocene periods, their remains have been found in habitats such as plains, grasslands, mountains and the savannah of South America. They fed on an array of animals as a carnivorous animal. What does Colossal intend on achieving? From what I can gather so far the exact goal from Colossal is unclear other than to educate and inform the public. But will the wolves be rehabilitated into the natural world? Apparently no, according to Beth Shapiro the Chief Science Officer of Colossal. Instead they currently reside on a 2,000 acre property in an undisclosed location. They...
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Protection & Conservation of the Orange-Bellied Parrot(Neophema Chrysogaster)

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Credit: birdlife.org.au The Orange-Bellied Parrot is classified as Critically Endangered species and there is roughly 50 of the population and only recently believed to have slightly increase to 70 left in the wild with roughly 320 in captivity. Native to Australia they are typically a coastal bird loving lagoons, bays, estuaries, coastal dunes and saltmarshes. The maps above highlight the Orang-Bellied Parrots distribution. The Orange-Bellied Parrot is known to forage among flocks of Blue-Winged Parrots. They eat coastal plants, seeds, fruits & sedges. One of the biggest effects on food supply of the Orange-Bellied Parrot is bushfires, the fires will come through and wipe out critical food supply and habitat of the Orange-Bellied Parrot and other species along Australia’s East Coast.  Not just the beak and feather disease virus appears as a threat as shown below but increase in predators and deadly weeds do appear as severe threats as well. One other detrimental factor is that...
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