News and Press Releases from the Large Herbivore Network
Bison heading for Bornholm, Denmark
A forest stroll in the forest Almindingen on the Danish island Bornholm may in the future offer the sighting of a herd of grazing bison. This may be the result if the pilot study launched by the Ministry of Environment gives green light for getting the largest land animal of our continent, the European bison, back in free range on Danish ground.
The Whitley Award for Russia’s Vadim Kirilyuk - Mongolian gazelle
Princess presents top conservation accolade to Russia’s Vadim Kirilyuk
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Animals of the ecocenter “Djeyran” need help
The Global Environment Facility's (GEF) Small Grants Programme published the following alarming message.
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Bisons back in Spain, Iberia Nature
Seven wild European bison (bisonte in Spanish) have been released into a 20 hectare enclosure in Palencia as part of a long-term plan to possibly reintroduce the animal to the Iberian Peninsula after an absence of 900 years. Bisons were once common in the deciduous and pine forests of northern Spain as is shown by the wonderful cave paintings of Altamira, and they probably survived in Navarra until the 12th century when they were hunted to extinction. It is also speculated that bison undertook winter migrations from the north to the south of Spain, and that the ancient transhumance sheep paths followed these routes, though other studies suggest the bison was only ever present in the north.
12,000 critically endangered Saiga antelope found dead in Kazakhstan
Mass mortality among Saigas in Kazakhstan: 12,000 dead; the cause of the deaths is still unclear and under investigation.
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