Retracing the aurochs : history, morphology and ecology of an extinct wild ox

By C. V. Vuure. 2005

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Rewilding: Science, Practice, and Politics (2015, background): “Similarly, we cannot know how similar the behavior of the Heck cattle introduced at OVP really is to that of the lost aurochs (140).”
Pathways to de‐extinction: how close can we get to resurrection of an extinct species? (2017, background): “The first attempt to resurrect aurochs began in the 1920s, when German zoo directors Lutz and Heinz Heck began a back-breeding project that eventually created a present-day breed known as Heck cattle (van Vuure 2005).”