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EUROPEAN BISON
THE WILDWOOD TRUST | KENT | ENGLAND
The Wildwood Trust, alongside their project partners at the Kent Wildlife Trust have embarked on a pioneering project to introduce the European bison to the Kent countryside.
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However, this is not just a re-wilding incentive, at its heart, the introduction of the bison to Blean Woods is a restoration project; an example of how we could better regenerate the British landscape to the bio-diverse mosaic that it once was.
The introduced bison in the Blean Woods are engaged to do the job that humans would normally manage within a woodland landscape, for example, coppicing and creating natural clearings.
The project has replaced the traditional heavy machinery, petrol, and footfall with hooves, horns and up to 900 kg of body weight to do...
INTERVIEW: MARK HABBEN | Director of Zoological Operations | The Wildwood Trust
WORDS: FAITH MILLWARD
IMAGES: CHRIS COUCH
