Ah yes, I can see that now, occasionally one gets the wrong end of the stick on the internet..

Ah I got the wrong end of the stick there, apologies, we're all good! :)

They certainly won't cost millions if they are proactively managed. And any costs need to be factored against the considerable value of the ecosystem services they provide such as buffering against flooding, droughts and wildfires, enhancing biodiversity and with that ecological resilience, recharging aquifers, carbon sequestration, filtering agricultural fertilisers entering waterways, etc.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mam.12220

I'm well aware of that thanks. This concerns them being designated as a protected species, which gives them a more secure future, while paving the way to further reintroductions in the wild.