The way to the wisents rescue in Europe is only at its half | WPN World People News

The wisent populations in Europe gave been growing last years. The way to this species rescue will be long, though. „For the safety of the European bison population, it is very important to increase the population number to the level of 10,000 individuals. The current size of the population amounts to the level of half of the required state, so a lot of challenges is still in front of us. Each herd, for which the required conditions of living are fulfilled is very valuable, especially when it concerns the free living herd,“ stated Wanda Olech, president of European Bison Friends Society.

At present in the world there live about 4,500 wisents, approximately three thousand animals thereof in wild nature and in semiwild farmings. A new, wild living population is to come into being in the Czech Republic this year. Wanda Olech and her team observed the locality planned for the reintroduction.

„The information about the implementation of reintroduction plans of European bison in Czech Republic is accepted by us with great pleasure. We will support this important and necessary initiative. Because of our common initiatives taken in the past the cooperation with our Czech colleges will be fruitful,“ add Wanda Olech.

The conservation organization European Wildlife obtained a herd of the first five wisents in Poland in the past days. This year the animals will be released under the reintroduction project in in the Czech Republic. The breeding group composed of one male and four females was obtained from Poland.

„The Czech Republic has a very suitable conditions for the formation of a free living wisent population. There are at least four areas convenient for the reintroduction of this kind. We believe we will manage to realize our project of wisent return in the first of them this year,“ stated Dalibor Dostal, the director of European Wildlife conservation organization.

source: European Wildlife