Bison
Kent Wildlife Trust to receive £100,000 for bison rewilding project
The money will come from Rewilding Britain’s Rewilding Challenge Fund which rewards projects that ‘think big, act wild’.
Cattle, pigs and ponies introduced to bison rewilding project
Visitors to West Blean and Thornden Woods, Kent, can wander among the newly-introduced grazers although the bison will still be fenced off.
Knowsley Safari upcycles old Christmas trees by giving them to their animals
As part of the animal’s new year enrichment programme, the Safari’s animals receive old Christmas trees to eat or play with.
Rangers ‘elated’ by birth of baby bison in ancient woodland
The calf is an ‘exciting development’ for the Wilder Blean project.
Bison take to new Kent woodland home in scheme to curb climate and nature crises
European bison are the closest living relative to ancient steppe bison that would have once roamed Britain.
Bison set for release into British woodland to help nature and climate crises
The move forms part of a £1.12 million project to manage woods near Canterbury.
UK’s first ever bison rangers chosen from over 1,000 applications worldwide
A close-knit herd of four European bison is to live in Blean Woods near Canterbury in an effort to restore the habitat.
‘Job of a lifetime’ – recruitment under way for UK’s first bison rangers
Two jobs are being advertised to manage a small herd of European bison which will be introduced to ancient woodland in Kent.