[SJackson]

Whether they were edible short of starvation is up for debate, which reintroduction could settle. Docile, they'd make great farm animals. Dodoburgers. The government could encourage Dodo farms since they don't cause global warming like ruminants.

I'd go with the Arabian Ostrich. We know they taste good, lay large eggs, if extinct only since the 1960s, and an insurance company could use them as a mascot. And they probably share lots of genes with other ostriches.

[telescope115]

They used to sell Ostrich meat years ago. Never bought any, but it sure looked lean. I remember it was expensive.