And in some places with cougars. The game commissions have never brought or introduced them, but there are instances of all predators coming back to their old haunts slowly all over the country. Why its about natural balance, we need them to keep nature balanced.
The only organization that could pull off a predator reintroduction such as cougars is the USFWS, they have done this with gray wolves, Mexican gray wolves, and red wolves (recreations or red wolves, not the real thing they were wiped out unfortunately). But the reason for reintroducing apex predators is to cut back on large prey items (deer, elk, bison, etc), to save needed plant life being destroyed by lazy unmoving herds, and to cut back on coyotes which are exploding in population country wide, its all about balance, something we cannot imitate.
Those monitors escaped and were left loose by owners that didnt want them anymore, happens every day country wide with cats, rabbits, ferrets, birds, snakes, fish, and dogs.

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