Colossal Biosciences, which is behind bid to bring back Tasmanian tiger, teams up with Melbourne Zoo to save tiny reptile
A US biotechnology “de-extinction” company behind efforts to bring the Tasmanian tiger, woolly mammoth and dodo back from the dead is backing a project to save a tiny Australian dragon.– which was feared extinct before being rediscovered in the wild this year – was announced as the company’s representatives visited Tasmania to speak with officials about their plans and inspect a potential thylacine rewilding site., a marsupial also known as the Tasmanian tiger.
Colossal’s chief animal officer, Matt James, said it was the first species to receive support through the company’s “lost species initiative” to protect threatened wildlife. “We’re starting to leverage some of the cutting-edge technologies that Colossal has built towards a partnership with zoos and governments in order to protect endangered species,” he said.
. Colossal says both goals are important and that the development of genetic techniques to bring species back can help the response to a worsening extinction crisis., into “thylacine” cells – or the closest approximation possible. New reproductive technologies would then be needed to use the stem cells to make embryos.
“We need to make sure that we take into account the cultural and social implications of long-term rewilding of the thylacine to the Tasmanian people, ranging from government to private landowners to Aboriginal leaders,” Lamm said.
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