Credits: Jacques Villemot
#RewildingWin 5: The Citizen Zoo #RewildingFutures Conference brought nearly 500 rewilders together, spreading hope and positivity with inspiring talks from our Rewilding Manager Sara King and Marine Rewilding Coordinator Jacques Villemot. (6/7)
A panel of speakers at the Rewilding Futures conference in Cambridge. Credits: Jacques Villemot
We’re grateful to Citizen Zoo for hosting the inspiring two-day #RewildingFutures conference in Cambridge last week 💚
Thank you to everyone who made this event such a success!
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Thinking about the de-extinction guy comparing their tech to bring back the woolly mammoth to the invention of IVF yesterday. That was…a choice. #RewildingFutures
Panellists onstage at the Citizen Zoo Rewilding Futures conference.
Elliot Newton from Citizen Zoo talking onstage in front of a projected picture of two lynx with the caption "a rewilding future: confidence, imagination and practical hope"
Hugh Webster from Scotland The Big Picture talking onstage in front a screen showing the caption "Is Scotland ready for lynx?"
A glass case at the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology containing various skeletal remains of the extinct Great Auk.
Great first day at the Citizen Zoo #RewildingFutures conference! Lovely to see so many friends from across the community together in one place and lots of inspiring talks.
Also, in the University Museum of Zoology, a stark reminder of why we do what we do... (Great Auk skeletons)
Bring on day two!
Slide reading: Wolves are often called: - Apex predator - Flagship species - Umbrella species - Indicator species - Keystone species But... are they really any of those ? It depends !!
By far the most interesting – and entertaining – talk so far: Luigi Boitani on the ecological benefit (or lack thereof) of wolves in Europe. #RewildingFutures
Charles Glover gives #rewildingfutures a positive message about the potential of the seas to recover when pressures on ocean wildlife are reduced. The blue belt of UK overseas territories are hugely effective. Closer to home, UK Highly Protected Marine Area work #MARINE #REWILDING
Rewilding Conference about to kick off in Cambridge! I spoke at the last one 6 years ago on #WildBoar - things have changed a lot for me in that time. For the boar, not so much…
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On way to Cambridge for the Rewilding Conference! Especially looking forward to the talks using historical and palaeo ecology to guide species reintroductions! #RewildingFutures #CitizenZoo2025 #RewildingConference2025 #RewildWithUS
Marcus Hall: Oostvaardersplassen is high art, just like the spiral jetty, and should be curated in similar ways: with extreme caution. #rewildingfutures
Marcus Hall: should the Oostvaardersplassen rewildingbe seen as a form of earth art? #rewildingfutures
