Exactly! I know that the site is set up more for zoos (bah!), but I think it could be used to log some sightings in the wild that aren’t just random beaver sightings in your own backyard, as they say.

Either that, or someone should start up a similar site with all the features you mention.

The site is primarily for zoos or near zoos known as nature reserves.

I thought, and still think, a website geotaging sightings of wild animals in the ahem wild would be a usefull tool.

As the numbers of reported sightings increased patterns would emerge. Of course they’d mostly be along roads, but it would tell people where and at what time of year it’s likely they’ll see elk or eagles or whatever. Also if scientists start seeing large numbers of one species where they aren’t used to seeing them they’d know habitat had changed. The possibilities increase the more I think. Birders spotting and reporting other species.