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- A German prince is leading an effort to bring back the European bison, Europe's largest land mammal, in Bad Berleburg. The animal almost went extinct in the early 20th century.
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In Poland we have over 1k Bisons now :) 25% of Europe population
No, it's over 2k!
In Poland they lived in the North uninterrupted since before the Middle Ages.
By now they have spread to the south, where wild herds live near Krakow and farther to the East.
Handy not to mention where Germany got their bisons from.
This is great news! Keep up the good work!
That’s awesome
I love bison, they are beautiful animals and I'm glad these conservation programs exist. :)
+1weirdgirl
Mammoths would be lovely too, yes.
+1weirdgirl
Mammoths would be lovely too, yes.
@@ookkonaaoulusta and homotherium
1weirdgirl I agree if those land owners are so concern about property damage they should invest on fencing their property off.
I didn't even know Europe had bison
“Similar projects take place in Poland” ? It started in Poland .
Stellar reporting as usual NYT 👍
I’m sarcastic
not saacasstic
Odd for New York Slimes to claim the conservation started in Germany, when we know it was the Germans who hunted the Bison to extinction throughout WW1.
the guy complaining about the bison, it's the same as if he were complaining about a beaver chewing down a tree or a bear getting into your garbage. it's the cost of living by or in the woods. it's a more accepted sentiment in america and it should be in europe too. you can't have a forest without the wildlife.
if hes so worried he could just put up a fence
Not in europe
In germany
@@Bigred338 Germany is in Europe. This rewilding is a thing happening all over Europe, such as in Poland and Ukraine.
I guess it's more difficult to accept something that was absolutely gone and is only now being brought back than something that has always been there.
I'm generally in favour of such projects, just saying that's probably the psychological reason for the efforts facing more resistance.
Carpathian MOUNTAINS are good for bisons, we have them in Slovakia, but they are also in Poland and Romania
I wish we had as much mountains as you or Romania. But I guess you can't have everything at once.
I mean, vast majority of European Bisons live in Poland (about 2300) and Belarus (about 2000). Belarus is completely flat and almost all Polish bisons live in Bialowieza Forest, also very flat pary of Poland. Population of Polish and Belarusian bisons are propably bigger than population of rest of European bisons combined, so I dont know, but maybe those animals like flat terrain more than mountains.
They’ve been released in the netherlands and germany as well
@@Kretek European bison also live in the Bieszczady Mountains.
There all descendent from polish bison . Whole conservation effort started in Poland .
In 2017 one European Bison (called "Wisent" on german) cross the river Oder from Poland and was in german territory. They spotted it (first wild bison in Germany after 18th century), called the veteran to identify it, the veteran could not come fast so they call the Hunters to "protect the people from the big animal" and they shot it. They weren't punished in any way because they protected the peopl, they should be in jail , my opinion.
Yes, they sould be punished. They also shot brown bears, wolves... it's disgusting.
Bison rarely attack people. It’s because humans are killers and slaughter animals because “they are a threat” when they aren’t
@@saarbrooklynrider2277 : Have you cattle? Have you sheep? Have you fields? Have you a Streuobstwiese? In case of Streuobstwiese the owners have to do hard work,earn five Euros for 100 kg apples, while the nonowners have the lovely view of Streuobstwiesen, would you do the work?. Wild annimals cause damage, they steal fruits, crops, potatoes, vegetables, who pays it, you? The trees in forrests are today planted trees to get ( and sell) wood, the father, perhaps grandfather of the owner has planted it decades ago, for decades there was no money earned. Now the Rinde/bork (?) is destroyed, the tree CAN die and the log perhaps worth fewer money , is it your damage/Schaden ? The sheppards need today wolf protection fences, do you pay the fences? Is it your time and work to errect the fences? It is allways easy to say : Oh this hillbillies should be quiet . ( When it is not your time, work , money and trouble!!)
@@brittakriep2938 Compensation schemes.
@@brittakriep2938 You can't just murder every being which bothers you, if I remember correctly you Germans got in quite a bit of trouble for doing something like that about 80 years ago.
You can do it! If we could do it here (in the U.S.) then surely Europe can do it too...
The USA did it cuz Polish guys with Polish bizons helped you out. C'mon.
@@maciejkuls7719 no they're native
@@StandWatie1862 That's not what he meant. The European Bison played a major role into the repolulation of their American counter-part, in which, select individuals were chosen for breeding programs.
Not Germany.
@@filipemoreira9898 Actually American Bison are different from European Bison. Here in the Americas, there are two subspecies, the plains Bison and the forest bison. If we bred them with European Bison that would be a genetic disaster like when they once bred bison with cattle.
European bison look quite a bit different from American bison....cool..
Marie DeLozier: European Bison don't look too much different to American Bison I mean you can notice the variation yes but as compared to domestic cattle, they look very similar. But both American and European Bison are the same species because the two can interbreed and produce fully fertile offspring, it's been done which of course may have some beneficial qualities if needed.
@@unhooked25 european and american bison are not same species, but i agree its worth considering interbreeding
they arent that different, they have shorter hair on neck and head and are a bit taller with longer legs, so overall lock leaner
American Bison have their head and neck set lower and have more fur on them. The differences in head posture is because whilst the American Bison is primarily a grazer, living on open grassland and feeding on Grass, European Bison are woodland creatures, and their head is positioned higher for eating bushes and low leaves off trees.
@fanaber70 Whilst the biggest American Bison are larger than European Bison, on average the European bison is slightly heavier and taller.
We also have a huge bison project here in Lithuania and for last fe months ive seen a few wild bisons roaming around my farm.
Yet in Germany hunters killed a wandering bison ftom Poland...
Germans shoot everything that walks or crawls, no joke.
@@Tyrfingr Sad but true! (nice name btw. haven't listen to Tyrfing in a while)
@Cryptos Cryptos European already killed off most of their interesting wildlife a long time ago.
Yeah that was kinda illegal but they weren't put in prison
@@Tyrfingr The polish population is build from a german population...
They are back in Bulgaria too 😍
So far they have been reintroduced in 3 different locations in the Netherlands. Gorgeous animals.
Ja maar er zit wel een hekje om…
Bison are fantastic animals, I'm a big fan of them. Unfortunately there are not very many of them in Europe currently but hopefully with the help of repopulation efforts like this, one day we will have many thousands of these guys roaming freely in the plains of Europe, again.
I wonder why bisons are not brought back to Scandinavia so far, there is so much space.
Bring back wolves elk bear and lynx ect back to the Scottish highlands.
Those all can be found in the balkans.
@@HansBalneger idc we need them in the UK to make Britain truly wild. There is enough wilderness here to support them but I wouldn’t call it truly wild with out at least lynx and bison there
@laser325 wolves and lynx prefer deer over sheep because they don’t like having to dig through the wool to get to the meat
You guys know that there are sheep everywhere where the wolf is present right? If they can manage in other countries, why wouldn't the Scottish do it?
@laser325 Bulgaria, Romania, Greece. Especially Bulgaria and Greece have huge populations of both in the mountains. Want more? You can also just think about the purpose of the sheep guarding dogs around the world and the shepherds keeping the herds. I can't even believe that you are asking that question. Seriously..
Germany barely has any wildlife going on. I spent a week in Poland and saw a bunch of foxes and deer.
Still have them in Belarus
All of Balkans, Scandinavia, eastern and central europe are the last bastion for wildlife and wilderness in Europe.
@@PK-we6vk No good news for the Iberian Lynx I guess.
@@PK-we6vk Im from the western balkans and have never seen or heard of a bison in the wild. I didn't even know they existed in europe. First time I saw a bison (or a beefalo not sure) was in germany last year
a small heard of around 10 US Bison were taken to Catalina Island (California) for a movie in 1929 and they have multiplied to thousands, so many they need to regularly take them off the Island and give them away or sell them for meat.
That is very interesting, do you know of any news articles about this?
@@isunshin999 you can contact the Avalon Catalina museum, or just search online. I grew up there and eveyone knows the story. I think the name of the movie was "the vanishing American".
@@MotoWorld777 Well by 2019 the original 9 German Bisons of 2014 almost tripled their numbers to 25, things can go fast.
In the United States, the population density leads to fewer negative human-bison interactions compared to Western Europe. But the overarching issue of human-wildlife interaction is one that will need to be addressed as our development of land pressures native habitats. The introduction of grey wolves back to their native ranges being a recent example of this.
Yeah we really need the wolves the deer population is getting out of hand and the same with Elk in certain areas.
@@Kenny-bj2zqI agree. However it should be said that in Germany, the main prey for wolves is sheep, not deer. They don’t take many and the farmers are compensated but for some reason, they don’t take as many deer unfortunately.
Congratulations I wish you success! What beautiful Animals h what an amazing thing to see.
Thank you prince!!!!
They are coming back to Kent this year, a herd just outside of Canterbury.The first of a number of reintroductions.
Well done prince!
Love this :)
Yes please we want them back
The mighty Aurochs was hunted into extinction. It was also revered as an animal of brute strength and primal force.
They are being bred back into existence with cattle closely related to aurochs, you should check it out
@@harislittle9241 Which only makes them approximations to the Aurox. Not that I mind, better that than nothing.
@@Kaefer1973 well if they get 99 per cent aurochs, then I'll be happy to call it an aurochs
All domestic cattle are descended from Aurochs. If all the genes are still there, they can breed them back. Scientists have been able to sequence the Aurochs genome. They are already making attempts to breed the Aurochs back from diverse primitive cattle breeds.
@@glenncordova4027 Well it's not true that all domestic cattle descended from Aurochs (Domestic yak was the first exception that came to mind), but at least it's mostly known which breeds descend from the Aurochs only (other wild bovines did mix in to some breeds though).
I very much hope there is a successful return of the European Bison and in large numbers at least over one million if possible. The same with it's close North American cousin.
DOMINION ,.,The bison herd in north America has made a huge comeback but European and north American officials need to keep an eye on diseases
One milion is totally impossible for the only Europe. There are not even one milion moose in the entire Europe
@@risingmagpie9199 it is because we keep eating them 😋
@@miriyochanan7140 ok, but one milion bisons have not enough space in Europe
@@risingmagpie9199 i know. Even the amount of the moose must be regulated by hunting, because they would cause terrible damage to nature and farming lands, if not.
Wisent!
4:32, well December 2019 there were exactly 25 Bisons, so I guess he did get his very big problem.
We need bison in Portugal as well!
We need bison in whole Europe.
Armando do Sousa: Yes I'm all for that. And I hope you can get them in large numbers also so people can hunt them again.
Primeiro deveriamos reflorestar as nossas florestas autóctones, em vez de apostarmos na monocultura de Eucaliptos e de Pinheiros bravos, especies que trazem pouco rendimento para a fauna e flora, e que devastam os solos. Deviamos também, plantar especies com um alto valor de importância e biodiversidade. Isto tudo, ajudaria a prevenir fogos e desertificação do ambiente.
Precisamos de lobos, linces, bisonte, cabra selvagem , veado etc etc ....mas e preciso o governo/pessoas querer pois num país tão desertificado no interior , os animais podiam tomar "conta desses territórios " e criar grandes áreas protegidas ......
Portugal. Must be a coincidence since I just wrote about the Iberian Lynx. But that's also a beautiful animal few other countries have the chance to do conservation efforts for.
They are so beautiful
that's a ALLOT of land he just gave over
UA-cam @GermanShepherdRex for folks saving European Bison on Bornholm island.
Save the European bison, save the Europeans.
@strong and Long why he is sick? because he want to save an species? Hä?
Thank you for saying this. Love the European bison and love the European people. We both have a right to exist in our native range.
Wisent! In my place. Happy to space!
In Romania there are few thousands bisons in seven reservations and some were released already into the wild
iulyanah * Well, there is only about 3000 european bisons in the whole world, and 1200 of them lives in Poland. So, no. Romania cannot have „few thousands” bisons
@@stasiugaska2838 Exactly..
think in 2013 they brought some Wisente from Parks in Sweden, Belgium, Germany and Italy to Romania...how much they are now? They expect about 300 wild animals if everything is going well.....
@@stasiugaska2838 The point is that in Romania, we have bisons (zimbri). ;)
@@neagucosmin3903 Da zimbrul este animalul meu favorit dacă nu vorbim tesbre insecte! Păcat că zimbri au fost vânat aproape pe cala de dispariție. :/
Părinți mei sunt români dar eu am trăit toata viața mea in Finlanda deci nu vorbesc foarte bine :D
They seem intelligent and very self aware.
Most animals are
yeah - I didn't notice anything about that Poles started to rescue this beautiful animal.
Kamil Kopeć
Let's see what happens with the planned lumbering in their polish habitat and what it does to the zubr
Damian Müller-Nordhorn let see. From what i know Poland have the best forest policy in whole europe. People who claim Poland is destroying its forest few years ago tried to ruin Polish National Forest organisation one of few that dont
need money from the state. People like D.Tusk tried to sell Polish forest to private owners not onece but three times now claim that the very people that stopped them are destroying Polish forest.
co ty pierdolisz?
Youre for real?
And belorussians
You do realise that european bisons were free roaming Poland since ever right? It's not like they're extinct in Europe.
Even in the Białowieska Forest the last free living wisent was shot in the year 1921.
All worldwide wisents are child of only 12 animals from zoos.
Yes our Bison here come from Poland We started with 6, we have 18 here now on Bornholm,due to our breeding programe I vid and look after them. check them out of my channel.
Obviously they don't think they're extinct since they're reintroducing them. They're just poorly wording everything. Instead of talking about the bison being 'extinct' from Western Europe the correct word would be 'extirpated', i.e. extinct on a local level but still extant elsewhere.
They Went extint in the wild around the second World war. there were about 10 in zoo at this time, and from there the ones in polen, chernovile, bulgaria, and rumania come from.
Correct me if I'm wrong, 54 animals from zoos, there was sure of 100% pure bred Wisent
I'm pretty sure that genes from only 12 animals would be too little without causing problems later on.
I didnt even knew that in europe we have bisons...I thought they were only in america
Where can I buy some?
in sweden and in poland they exist now and in northern sweden there is another type of buffalo idk the name of but we brought it back
Same in Romenia
Musk ox
@@saarbrooklynrider2277 Indeed. A musk ox. Originally from Greenland, these animals were reintroduced into the mountains of Norway around 100 yrs ago. First wild musk oxen in mainland Europe since the last Ice Age. The population has been thriving, and a few individual VOLUNTARILY crossed the border into Sweden. From what I`ve heard, the Swedes haven`t eaten them yet... Greetings from Norway
I saw 10 at a reservation today
That's not a way to interact with bison. Let the bison alone.
We did it. So can they. Wonderful.
Poland recovered Bisons back to Europe not Germany! One Bision got lost and crossed Polish German border and was killed instead to sleep him! Poor Germans.
Old German tricks 🤣
liar. all bisons from the bialowica forest descend from the bialowica bisons who came to Germany in the 19 th century and were reintroduced in Poland. maybe you should show the same emphaty with refugees.
@@berserk9085 I guess you must be German the most responsible and innocent people in whole Europe! Maybe you should show the same emphaty to all killed and tormented people in both Wars you initiated. I know I'm again liar this very sad. By the way Białowieża not Bialowica.
@@berserk9085 hahaha. Hilarious. Go build a concerration camp or something
@@karlsonkowalsky441 ? Why should i do that? Thats a Job you are fit in. Because Poland like no other Country supports Neo Nazi Ukraine who wants destroy anything what has to do with Russia.
These bison look so majestic amd delicious. Let's bring em' back 🤓
Yay buffalo 🐂🐂🐂
Bison
I love whales too. 🐬 🐬
6-7k euro damage for a scratch on a tree?
It was strange how they gave him a 5 second clip and then didn't address the problem or how concerns are being dealt with
POLAND preserved the animal and started the whole campaign.
Bisons from Poland were introduced to Germany and all rhe other countries .
Well done NYT.
Typical to undermine or completely ignore Poland
Thank you Your Royal Highness for
Why is this man paying 7,000 euros for a scraped tree?
its more like the Bisons did a lot of damage to the trees in his area. Decades ago the trees were planted for making money when they are grown up. Because in cold and snowey winters the Bisons eat the bark if they dont find anything else to eat the chance a tree will die is very high. So the owner of that wooded area cant sell the damaged/dead trees anymore. Thats why he is loosing about 7,000 euros (only with 9 Bisons around).
Why they don't reintroducing european bison in italy?
The problem regarding reintroduction is highlighted clearly. When they go on what is now owned land and cause 'damage', who will pay for it? the landowner or these conservationists? When these wonderful animals roamed, they roamed freely. Now, pretty much all lands are owned, making it very difficult.
They roam in Poland in old forests. There are around 1700 of them there. No harm done so far. Germans shot one though when it got to their side of the border.
That's sounds so crazy that a natural element of forest the bison considered as harmful to forest by this people!
You need to have connecting parks from one country to another to allow the animals to move freely.
@@BelosnezhkaSnezhka : The problem is, that here in western part of Germany, the Wisent was extinct for many centuries. Now the animals are here again, the ,anomal protectors' are happy, and other people have damage. This conflict must be solved. It is the same thing with wolves. The cattle and sheep owners must spend a lot of money for special fences and dogs, which is expensive for the owners of only few cows or sheeps. I come from the country, my father stoped farming 20 Yeats ago, so i know, how much work and few money you have , i can understand non animal protectors, when they are angry, because they have more work and costs but earn fewer. There must be a solution.
Su reintroducion sé está efectuando muy bien en Europa.
Unfortunately the great Aurochs is gone for good. It is the symbol animal of my country
👍🏻👍🏻
Why put an electronic color on them
Mark Frost to tell if it got shot my poachers or hunters in their lands
There is always some fool that has to complain. Ugh
Zey scratch ze trees! How can ve allow zis?!
The world revolves around money, the last human will die grasping a fistful of dollars
The persons in country are different than town people . The country people have more work, more costs and more problems. The town people are not the ones, who have to repair the damage, the town people have not to pay for wolf protection fences or dogs ( in formerly wolf free regions), it are not the fields of town people, where wild animals steal fruits, crop, potatoes, vegetables... It is allways easy to say , other people should be quiet, when you have not their problem.
In romania they said its something new for their forest how can it be new when in romania bisons lived before 60 years they just back them in romania.
The American Bison are Larger and more aggressive it seems.
Caucasian Bison had extinct in 1925! Now only left American and Polish Bison now.🤔
One caucasian bison was found and it ibridize with the polish. Its bloodline will never be lost
How can a bison be Polish?
in czech republic is "zubr" not bison (like usa).
I wish we had them in hungary
I believe it's only a matter of time
Since 2019 there has actually existed a small population of them near Kondorfa, by the Slovenian border. It's not much, but it's only upwards from here.
Hey with sunflowers cleaning up radiation ☢️ these guys can have more places to live
Is the European bison smaller
Thank you. It just looked smaller on camera
They can get up to 6 feet high. As the video said.
No, they are bigger.
taller, stronger, richer with more beautiful lady bison, more athletic and charming, see where im going with this?
@Chet no the average European bison is taller and heavier than the American bison
These are much better then those US bison. Cmon get angry at me.
I am all for it, but if I am out walking my dog. If a bull decides to charge me I am 100% dead, thats kinda scary
There is not so bad. I have 100 km to Białowieża so i was see many times bisons (żubry) eating grass near cows. They not care people as long as you not try go too close.
in America we have many large herbivores
bison, elk, moose, ETC
and people live near them and sometimes you hit one with your car, but besides that they're pretty docile animals and are spooked easily so you wouldn't be able to get near them even if you wanted to
Build the numbers 🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬👍👍👍👍
There is many there is there 1 to
Why do you need Eastern European Bisons? To hunt for them?
Just for having a diverse and healthy nature back.
You say " . . cousin of American bison." That is incorrect. I don't know what do you mean. Maybe you mean "North American bison" or maybe you mean bison from the United States of America. Or, U.S.A. or United States or U.S, or even "The States". America is the name given to the New World, the new continent, five hundred years ago and it is not any country's name.
Grownups playing in their sandbox , lets releaze Bisons in the soeck of forrect thats left in England
2:21 the guy standing next to the bison would have been killed if that were an American Bison.
Isaac Bankston nooe actually the european bisons are more aggressive
If they have predators, they’ll become more bad tempered.
They "got" the bisons... where from? The programme suggests that the Gerris are doing all the work. The truth is that the project of reintraduction of the species to the wild had been badun in Poland abd that is the source of the bison sfor the Western Europe. We've got the most of them, a word about that would be nice for sake of proffesionalism in jurnalism, don;t you thin so?
Thanks for your information, I wondered where they got them. I'm from Canada; bison have never been entirely exterminated here either. Actually, I confess that I had never known about bison, native to Europe.
they are starting the story later on in time that´s is why they din´t mentioned, they could started even after the first World war when there was just about 10 left.
0:20
They don't say where the new breeding stock is from. I would imagine or guess.. Russia?
Probably Poland. They started to reintroduce bison just after ww 1
Russia has recently imported bison from Poland to rewild Siberia.
Whats this!?!😍😍
Who are you!???
Bison taste great but I,m sure and I hope there farmed bison not wild because isn,t want bison to be extinctec
Even Czech country reintroduced bisons, aurochs and exmoor horses on several places.
Poland saved European bizon Germans hunt down that animal for dacedes
Not just germans, pretty much everyone
No, everyone hunted the bison, not only Germans.
Not exactly it was the Germans who set up the breeding program to bring them back
Not Poland they just kept them around for hunting
i refuse to watch videos with that many pop up ad's
This German lady is hot af.
the Germans killed a lot of bison for meat during WWII - even though they knew it was a rare species
And they were right. I'm a conservationist but if people are starving there's no choice. Where I live, people even killed sparrows in order to survive in wartime. Anyway I'm glad we can admire this animal despite that
I think you mean WWI- not WWII. As previously mentioned, the last WILD bison was shot in Poland by German soldiers at the end of WWI. After 1920, only captive bison remained. These animals were the breeding stock, from which all modern bison today come from. They were reintroduced into the Bialowiesza forest in the 1950s- and these animals were the first WILD bison in Europe since the last one was shot 30 something years earlier.
Because of that the moose died out in Germany, but it is coming back.
"European bison are not dangerous to humans"....go try to pet an American Bison, see what happens
Some people have tried that and they learned how to fly without an airplane.
What is that going to prove? try to pet any animal without it's approval and you are going to be hurt. when your cat bites or scratches you that is mostly harmless a animal the size of a bison or Boar and you are heading to the realms of Pain. I would leave those Beautiful creatures alone. especially in the wild and with their young then you are really asking for trouble,
Defending itself when getting annoyed ist not dangerous, it is to be expected.
Bring em to the uk, they look tasty!
Coming soon to a wood in Canterbury.
They need to breed the American bison with the European bison. Make them tougher and bigger. If they can breed them with cattle why not with other. If I had the money I would do that.
I think there where breeding programs like these in past, like the usage of European Bisons for the repopulating of their American cousins, but nowadays, people want to protect the genetic purity of the animals. Since they are still few in numbers, it could directly change the specie as a whole. But both animals have a similar ancestry, and both are lineages of the late Ice age mammal, the Steppe Bison. Btw, the European Bison is actually taller than the American one.
lol the European bison IS bigger than the American bison
@@filipemoreira9898 no European bison were used in breeding with the American Bison. For one thing American Bison are far more common.
@@filipemoreira9898 There are more than 500,000 American Bison of the two subspecies ( forest and plains Bison). There are only about 7500 European Bison. There were originally three subspecies of European bison (Caucasian, Carpathian and Bieloweisa) Now there is only one recognized subspecies of European bison.
They don't need to have American bison traits. They live in different environments, thus needing different traits.
American bison are the perfect plains animals, but European bison are perfect forest animals.
Not European bison but polish Żubr..
all bisons from the bialowica forest descend from the bialowica bisons who came to Germany in the 19 th century and were reintroduced in Poland.
Real europe is east europe.