I actually believe the Japanese will in fact be successful with this project. There are a number of cloning projects for extinct species ongoing at this time.
Yes we did truly consider producing a small herd of these beasts. I actually would undoubtably become to fond of them( like our transgenic mice) and not plug them except for culling purposes.
Now the idea of a semi-auto .600 OK is intriguing. I've heard of .458 win mags on Browning BAR actions but never seen one. -Rob