Dou­ble off­spring among the bison

Wisent calf

Two young bison were born on the bison pas­ture (near the for­mer chick­en farm and today’s nation­al park car park in Criewen). A girl and a boy. Thanks to the pater­nal care of farmer Nor­bert Meene, both young ani­mals devel­op splen­did­ly, which is not guar­an­teed from the out­set with the jeal­ous father. The bison are best viewed from the rear entrance, binoc­u­lars would be helpful.

The grow­ing herd of bison comes from the Berlin Zoo and Tier­park, which has been a per­ma­nent part­ner of the Unteres Oder­tal Nation­al Park Foun­da­tion for almost 25 years. Excess ani­mals there are, so to speak, “released” on the edge of the nation­al park. How­ev­er, the approx­i­mate­ly 10 hectare site is fenced. It has just been expand­ed sig­nif­i­cant­ly. The grow­ing bison herd gets more space. The bison keep­ing of the Nation­al Park Foun­da­tion is an impor­tant con­tri­bu­tion to the pro­tec­tion of species, the bison is the last wild cat­tle in Europe to live in the wild.

Real­ly wild, free-range bison live a few kilo­me­ters to the west in Pomera­nia, in Poland. If these last wild cat­tle in Europe con­tin­ue to be pro­tect­ed so respon­si­bly, they will also reach the Low­er Oder Val­ley in the fore­see­able future. Large ani­mals are not dan­ger­ous to humans if they behave sensibly.

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