Say We Really Do Bring the Passenger Pigeon Back From Extinction — Then What?

Say We Really Do Bring the Passenger Pigeon Back From Extinction — Then What?: The plan to bring back the passenger pigeon, which has been extinct for nearly a century, will push the bounds of genetic engineering. But let's just say for now that the technical challenges are surmountable. If researchers actually do create a genetic replica of a passenger pigeon, what should they do with it? And could they really claim to have brought the species back from extinction?