Two 14-year-olds have launched a conservation project inviting Devon children to breed harvest mice at home for release into the wild. Eva Wishart and Emily Smith created Wild Pets after their own successful efforts rearing the endangered animals. The project seeks 20 Devon-based children to participate as "citizen captive breeders," according to The Guardian. Wishart and Smith aim to breed and release 250 harvest mice by September. Harvest mice are tiny endangered animals, and the project frames home breeding as a way to help revive local wildlife populations. The teenagers designed Wild Pets to expand their restoration work by recruiting other young people into the breeding effort. Participants would rear mice at home before the animals are released into the wild. The project represents a hands-on approach to species recovery that combines citizen science with direct conservation action.