Greetings from Africa. This makes my heart so happy. Keep up rewilding this Earth. Great job!

I strongly support rewilding and re-introduction of the native species. I am slightly concerned though if UK has large enough woodland to support European bison. I understand that this is a small, contained population but if they are to breed they will need much larger space....and if they are not allowed to breed then why would you re-introduce them in the first place? Also: UK needs bigger carnivores to control already overpopulated herbivores e.g. deer. Herbivores consume young trees. Thus they prevent forest from growing....

@cyberash3000

Жыл бұрын

we are reintroducing boars (omnivores) and wolves (carnivores) as well as beavers

@hmalik5232

Жыл бұрын

@@cyberash3000 I don’t think they’re reintroducing wolves unfortunately, boars and beavers have been reintroduced though I think

@cyberash3000

Жыл бұрын

@@hmalik5232 havnt you? I have

@hetrodoxly1203

Жыл бұрын

@@hmalik5232 Wild boar have been here along time estimated to be about 4,000, there's about 400 wild beaver, I'll be very surprised if free roaming wolves are ever allowed in this over crowded island.

@matthoward7645

Жыл бұрын

@@hmalik5232 then look around more the conversations have been going on for years and we've already reintroduced a population of beavers so ye..........

They're magnificent! So beautiful. I hope they thrive in their new home.

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

Vermin spreading foot and mouth disease

@FrejthKing

Жыл бұрын

Hope they don't gore any old ladies picking mushrooms

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

@@FrejthKing You see??!

@FrejthKing

Жыл бұрын

@@guff9567 You Hear??!

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

@@FrejthKing Yes

I read Isabelle Tree's Rewilding book, and I learned so much, she said early on in the book that we have this idea that in years gone by before humans inhabited the Uk that a squirrel could move from land's end to John O'Groats without touching the ground because the forest was so dense. She said that can't have been true because they found so many hoven animal bones in caves that must have been grazers so there must have been a lot of open grasslands, pretty much how Africa looks today. Plus, there were so many oak trees, oaks do not like to live in thick forests, they only thrive in open aspects, anyone who has seen an oak today will see this. Her conclusion was that the best way to preserve nature was for man to leave it alone.

@Gods_messenger_Elijah

Жыл бұрын

She serves those who want mankind dead or enslaved in their homes. They are succeeding, slowly. And they will cause famine too. Eat that book perhaps?

@ooooneeee

Жыл бұрын

Our local forest has a lot of oaks that thrive in the shadows below bigger trees. It could be we have a different species of oaks though.

@sandracairney6007

Жыл бұрын

We also saw what happened to the native red squirrel when a foreign grey squirrel overtook the entire island of Britain. I think only one little island has red squirrel now. I couldn't agree more. Nature is a balance. Tree stripping giant bison sounds a terrible fate.

@mjh5437

Жыл бұрын

@@sandracairney6007 Isle Of Wight has the reds.

This whole process is very kool. So glad to see projects like this happening in real time. Those Euro bison are beautiful. Good luck UK! 🦬🦬🦬🦬

Gorgeous animals 💚🐂💚 I hope it works out for them and there is enough land to accommodate such massive units. Well Done to all involved 👏🏻👏🏻

@sandracairney6007

Жыл бұрын

It will disrupt the natural ecosystem and destroy our forests, habitation for other animals etc

I’m so excited to see these guys back in the UK!

@ambulocetusnatans

Жыл бұрын

It seems to me that eventually they will need to reintroduce wolves to keep the population in check. That's what they had to do at Yellowstone.

@richardgoldins4790

Жыл бұрын

You never seem them in uk so 1st time

@GeorgeTheDinoGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@richardgoldins4790 that’s a good point but their ancestor the ‘steppe bison’ lived here until around 12 thousand years ago

@richardgoldins4790

Жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeTheDinoGuy so im right 1st time

@GeorgeTheDinoGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@richardgoldins4790 yes

Awesome work. Thank you for trying to restore our world.

@katiekat4457

Жыл бұрын

It's their job. They get paid. They don't need to be thanked because it seems like a job that a lot of people would love to have. I'm really not trying to sound like a jerk but sometimes you run into people who overuse a word like "hero" or "awesome" or "thank you" and then the word loses it's power of the word itself. My point is that if you thank everyone and everything to see for every action that occurs near you then it probably means you're not actually thankful but you're saying it more because it's habitual. Or maybe you're just trying to make yourself look like you're a good person even though nobody knows you or pays attention so that would just be silly. Sort of like you're commenting just for sake of commenting because maybe you can't help yourself.

Great, there are always good people who want to help native ecosystems

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

The people responsible should be sent packing. Isn't this why we voted Brexit ?

This is absolutely fantastic! Let’s get them released up in The Highlands now. Great stuff. 👍🏼

@alexb7799

Жыл бұрын

they aren't native though. We should be reintroducing bears and wolves, not bison.

@dougieranger

Жыл бұрын

@@alexb7799 And Lynx.

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

All animals are vermin, spreading diseases and pathogens. Extremely irresponsible

@hmalik5232

Жыл бұрын

@@alexb7799 they are native, we should reintroduce the Eurasian Lynx, bears, wolves and European Bison

@alexb7799

Жыл бұрын

@@hmalik5232 they went extinct naturally so they weren't meant to be here.

Your welcome. Poland

@dellwright1407

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Poland, much appreciated.

@karlsonkowalsky441

Жыл бұрын

@@dellwright1407 love these majestic creatures ❤❤❤

@truthandfreedom9849

Жыл бұрын

We don't even want them it's a stupid idea

@dannyhardman8822

Жыл бұрын

@@truthandfreedom9849 why is it a stupid idea? Bell end

@truthandfreedom9849

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyhardman8822 cos nobody want to get attacked by wolves or gored by a byson ....... You absolute genius

So much of the British islands flora and fauna was been decimated, thank you for doing this effort.

@sandracairney6007

Жыл бұрын

Lol desimates trees

Massive respect for the project, keep up the good work - hopefully one day they will be common place in our woodlands. And how interesting is that technology for measuring vegetative biomass, very cool!

If you go down to the woods today you're sure of a big surprise.....

First, the beaver was reintroduced, and now the UK has bison! Nature would also appreciate it if we kept our domestic cats indoors during nesting season.

@theotheseaeagle

Жыл бұрын

Cats don’t even have a big impact on bird populations in the UK. Even bird protection organisations say that cats do hardly anything to negatively effect bird populations in the UK

@echofoxtrot2.051

Жыл бұрын

@@theotheseaeagle Yeah, wind turbines and solar panels are statistically far more deadly to flying birds.

@theotheseaeagle

Жыл бұрын

@@echofoxtrot2.051 exactly

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

@@theotheseaeagle which have been debunked and proven false, they do dammage bird population and behaviour. And even negligible damage are catastrophic when we talk about endangred, declining, fragmented species. Cats are the second most invasive and destructive species on earth after human and responsable for dozen of species extinctions

Man has gone from being a part of nature to appointing himself lord and ruler of it. Surveilling, monitoring, engineering, controlling, taming, domesticating.

@williams4434

Жыл бұрын

Yep, this is so contrived with the age old adage "playing god", at the same time they want to reduce & digitize the human population

@kevintravis5123

Жыл бұрын

thats because we are all of the above , we are the most inteligent species

@Twobirdsbreakingfree

Жыл бұрын

@@kevintravis5123 False. You have been programmed with this delusion throughout childhood, adolescence, teenage years and then adulthood. This is the cornerstone fallacy that props up and sustains civilization. The man who believes that man is the most intelligent, ascended species makes the perfect slave for any ruler of a civilization. By believing that the amazing technologies and skyscrapers and machines around you are a symbol of your superiority, and failing to recognise that they are symbols of your enslavement, you remain the perfect slave, ready to be exploited by your masters for any of their agendas and projects.

@kevintravis5123

Жыл бұрын

@@Twobirdsbreakingfree it’s false like my ass … oh wait !

@Gods_messenger_Elijah

Жыл бұрын

Actually, God appointed us, ad we are.

It's great to see so many different kinds of data collected. It ought to help more severely test and validate models.

This is great to see, wish more projects like this happens all over. Congratulations guys.

@lusians3

Жыл бұрын

shure shure but lets stop pusy footing with dangerous herbivores and go straight for big predators after all its only farmers and people in rural areas who gona suffer "accidental visits" .

Very nice initiative. Good luck in your project among others in the future, hopefully

Yes!!! I love it, hope all unsavouries steer clear.

My goodness, folks...Four, yes 4! bison are released and you're already anticipating they're going to wreck the environment and debating methods of culling them. Four bison! in a highly monitored experiment.....

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

Uk government and people are absolute idiot in that kind of subject. You could breed bison for decades and they would still not even be at full capacity of what the ecosystem can handle. you'll never see the government argue for cull of sheep, cow and humans, all being extremely nocive and invasive and overpopulated

Great idea, also great to see that you have invested in proper cattle handling gear like the Vet Crush and panels. Not something I see in the UK. Here it quite common, cheers and good luck from OZ

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

Do you like foot & mouth disease

@dickdastardly5534

Жыл бұрын

@@guff9567 Considering much of its spread in Wales was farmer orchestrated I think your remark is ignorant.

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

@@dickdastardly5534 Stop being racist against Welsh. These bison are much more like to spread badger TB and four and mouth. It's a highly irresponsible and dangerous way of squandering OUR tax money

@andrewsteele7663

Жыл бұрын

@@guff9567 Thanks Guff, hopefully our Bio Security people will be on to it. I breed cattle and its worrying everyone here. Cheers

@jamesnicholson3658

Жыл бұрын

@@guff9567 the main concern would be brucellosis which bison often have, but given the bio security will most likely have spent at least a couple of weeks in quarantine.

Awesome, great work❤️🙏

I'm not entirely sure what I would do if I came across a wild bison in the future, but I do know I would feel happy for the experience.

Wow, this is exciting. Hope it goes well 🤞🤞

This makes me very happy! 👍🥰

Aw now I want to run up and hug a bison!

Amazing I go to Blean woods all the time , great for the future. Hope we can introduce some more species in the future

@FrejthKing

Жыл бұрын

maybe some Mammoths and sabre tooth tigers too.

@theotheseaeagle

Жыл бұрын

@@FrejthKing mammoths would be unable to survive in our current climate. Scottish wildcats and lynx would do well

@FrejthKing

Жыл бұрын

@@theotheseaeagle maybe you could import some friendly Australian spiders and Emus ;D

@goldfish2379

Жыл бұрын

You won't be going there much if you meet angry bison - and the bison will destroy the woodland. I am all for rewilding - but this is insane, very destructive.

@theotheseaeagle

Жыл бұрын

@@FrejthKing we already have rheas, we don’t need emus

Is this an experiment (Testing an hypothesis, say) or do you have an expected outcome? Not sure the findings can be unbiased if you are 'hoping' for a specific impact. Having said that, it looks like a really great project and I really wish you much joy and success.

@risingmagpie9199

Жыл бұрын

Natural grazing benefits are something well studied and documented

@DRXxUziixX95

Жыл бұрын

A hypothesis is an expected outcome. The experiment is meant to prove or disprove a predicted outcome.

@katiekat4457

Жыл бұрын

Lain, you seem like you might be a little whacky or a few cards short of a deck. No offense.

@iainmackenzieUK

Жыл бұрын

@@katiekat4457 that is an interesting observation Katie. Could you be specific? what did I say to make you think that? Thanks

With the price of everything these will be on the menu soon for poaching.

Thank You.

GREAT, so they aren't afraid of animals yet 👍🙏🏻🥰

this is an awsome project

dope, more please

Wiltshire has had Bison for over a decade now.

Whats the music?

Some will not be happy until we reintroduce sabre tooth tigers and dinosaurs!

They should have a 4th test area with bison, longhorned cattle, Exmoor ponies, and iron-aged pigs too...

They can release giant bison, but are too scared of tiny lynxes.

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

they "released" them in a fucking enclosure, they're not wild. and yes uk government and hunter/farmers are stupid

So exciting 🙌

is this private woodland or public woodland? because last i checked bison are easily spooked?

Good to see the Vison ! 🤠

Fantastic

Beautiful 😍

Very intresting development so let us see the results

We need more trees, not less, there will be few to no Ash or Horse Chestnut trees soon due to the current diseases. If you're rewilding properly surely you need top preditors as we are already overun with deer - where are the Wolves? Ask National Trust owned Stourhead House and Estate in Wiltshire what happened to their land when their neighbour introduced wild Boars, it didn't go too well. This is basicaly another World Ecconomic Forum Great Reset ideal which you have fallen for.

@flea1683

Жыл бұрын

Yep the deer are already doing the nibbling. Huge increase in deer numbers in Saddleworth where I live, so many I'm suspicious that they are being released yearly like pheasant are. All fun and games until one comes through your windscreen at fifty mph.

@anthonydoyle7370

Жыл бұрын

@@flea1683 They're probably rewilding for their hunting trips when us plebs have all been confined to quarters and only allowed out to work, lol. It sure as hell wouldn't surprise me, .

@flea1683

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonydoyle7370 Yeah we won't need to worry about deer on the road if we don't have a car.

@theotheseaeagle

Жыл бұрын

Boar have had great impacts on our ecosystem. They till the soil allowing for new plants and tree growth and help disperse seeds, as well as digging up insects so birds have a good source in winter. And if your so worried about trees, go to one of those big tree planting projects or buy some and plant them yourself, or even better, find a solution to those plant diseases like many people already are

@jellson1092

Жыл бұрын

Horse Chestnuts aren‘t even native to most of Europe… They are actually native to just one region - the Balkan Peninsula

I guess that they arrived from Poland .Recently one cow had been assigned to the Bison herd. Scientists couldn't believe how the cow could survive harsh Polish winters up to -25C .They took care of her and she was very happy with her instinct .The national park is near the Belorussian border.They don't like the hilly landscape .When we look at American westerns they also didn't like hills. There is a some kind of influence of insect which killed trees earlier than it could be but there was an outcry of environmentalists to leave the forest to die naturally without human interference ..

@GustavSvard

Жыл бұрын

-25 is not that bad. In northeast Siberia is Pleistocene Park, which has a dozen american bison in their large fenced-in area (along with horses, cows, yaks, camels & a pair of musk oxen). The bison are doing fine. They wanted European Bison, but ones they got a few years earlier got there at a bad time of year and didn't acclimatize in time for winter, so only 1 remain, and getting more European Bison has turned out to be far more difficult than getting the american species (from a farm in Denmark). in short: Bison can handle Siberian winters.

Is that the tiny little patch of woodland?😄

wonderful news.

Life in the big city. I wish them well.

Introducing more grazing animals seems useless to me unless there are predators to control the population. I would love to see bison in the wild but, just like deer, they would devastate woodlands and other areas.

@anthonymorris615

Жыл бұрын

Large herbivores can be controlled without actually releasing predators. Humans can move these herds. In fact humans can direct herds to areas that need more attention and away from sensitive locations. We can plan the herd movement while wolves or lions wouldn't. In Britain's smaller wildlife areas controlled movements would be wise.

@deadhorse1391

Жыл бұрын

Regulated hunting would be the answer

@theotheseaeagle

Жыл бұрын

They are trying to reintroduce lynx and possibly wolves into areas of Scotland. But lynx would be to small to take down such large prey as the largest animals they have been known to kill are female red deer

@gustavmeyrink_2.0

Жыл бұрын

European bison do not devastate woodlands, it is where they naturally live.

@deadhorse1391

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanedwards805 I don’t think the UK has large area of wildness that would be needed to support wolves, bears etc These bison are being kept in a fenced in area hardly in the wild More like a safari park

Wonder if they keep ivy off trees.

Four Bison with a big, huge fence around them isn't rewilding, its a science experiment. A ranch in our area has about 30 to 50 on about 200 acres. I haven't noticed much habitat change, but they aren't in a forest.

Cost cutting who ever stopped managing a lot of land and road edges years ago

Exciting project ,time will tell how it all goes ,but of course the bison ,population would have to be monitored.

I wish them - the Bison and the part staff - well. The rolling in sand looks to me similar to Gnue (wildebeest) behaviour - I watch a Namibian water hole as background 'wallpaper'. Maybe this park trust could get Dell sponsorship - an upgrade to that laptop would be nice.

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

I'd have those responsible sent packing. Brexit means Brexit.

The most amazing part is that you found enough land in the UK where you could let them roam.

Its great to see rewilding in the uk but to keep numbers down from over populating like deer have and rabbits and hares we really need a wild cat like lynks

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

1. there's no overpopulation of rabbit in UK 2. the overpopulation of deer is caused by hunters in artificials ways. 3. you would need hundreds of years before the bison population start being an issue if it ever happen. 4. lynx can't even attack bison, only predator you could get are wolves and bear, and even they don't attack it often.

Red deer is no longer the largest animal in the UK

I am guessing that the bison will have to recaptured and rotated back to the EU on a regular basis to keep the population healthy, from a breading and genetic point of view? I'm sure they have a plan for this already though. I would be interested to know what the minimum viable population to prevent inbreeding for bison is.

I'm sure they must have this covered but I can't help but to worry whether they have good water sources. Those giant head's look like they need a lot of water. Plus maybe eating bark makes you thirsty like ketchup does to me?

I live in Europe and didn't even know we had Bison. I thought they were an animal, exclusive to the America's. Interesting.

no talk of them breeding - will we have baby bison in this project?

Bison being released back into the wild in UK? What wild? We have like 5 metres of it

Why don’t u bring back the wild bore to

Waiting for the first complaint that they are dangerous etc.

What about humming birds.l?

Marvellous! Hope they like English food.

'Enclosed' Woodland !

Bring on the wolf, we'll put a couple on the ferry.

they should see the water buffalo's

What could possibly go wrong ?

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

nothing except some idiot trying to kill the bison or government doing bs again and declaring boar and beaver pest to be exterminated

This is a huge step towards a better world.

This is a great initiative.. Just don’t release any big cats otherwise things won’t go well 😄👍🏼

Awesome, love it.

im happy they have been released back into the uk it will be interesting to see how they interact with the ecosystem

@alexb7799

Жыл бұрын

they aren't native to Britain though, we should be reintroducing bears and wolves which are native.

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

People should be released back into the wild. Not vermin

@alexb7799

Жыл бұрын

?

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

@@guff9567 you contradicted yourself people are the vermin here. bison are keystone species and ecosystel engeeneer

This is fucking dope.

Will wolves be reintroduced in the same area as the bison?

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

nope, area too small, why would we put them alongside the bison anyway (they're only 4 of them they can't have any predation) and uk government, hunters and farmers are bastard opposed to wolves

Thanks - this was most informative. I'm interest to find out why bison were chosen, and not a breed more indigenous to the UK such as large deer? Or Is this a replacement for a similar, now extinct, UK species? I assume these animals are sterilized?

@richardgoldins4790

Жыл бұрын

Once upon a time they lived in uk and wolves we hunted them all

@CitiesForTheFuture2030

Жыл бұрын

@@richardgoldins4790 Very interesting. Thanks!

@damnationdaniel4726

Жыл бұрын

They're not sterilised, the plan is for them to breed!

@Skullmonkey456

Жыл бұрын

We had bears and beavers as well

@Gods_messenger_Elijah

Жыл бұрын

Because they will do maximum damage.

If you are reintroducing Bison it isn't expirmental

Yay!

I love them, They are gorgeous, but don;t you need more forests in the UK?! The whole of the sourth was deforested at one time.

Interesting material, but the background "elevator music" is REALLY annoying.

I think maybe we can mixed them with north American bison's Europe should get some bison's from Canada or US as well.

I believe someone allready introducing bears also in the uk.

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

nope, never happened in the wild or even semi-liberty

The only problem you need key stone species like wolfs as well .

@Victor_aeternus002

Жыл бұрын

Not really, as large herbivores are more regulated by factors such as the amount of food and resources in an area, than they are of predation. As long as these bison have room and opportunity to migrate in search of food, then it will be fine.

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

they don't predate bison they are only 4 bison, you can't regulate a popilation that low they are in a fenced area

Yes , i really like this idea . glad to see it happening at last .

Bison released into an enclosure is not rewilding.

anyone seen thejm since :P

Do you have a question about why a bison disturbing a forest benefits the forest? Please ask. A lot of the principles are scientific and supported by permaculture principles as well. Forests thrive on disturbance, and benefit from providing trees a difficulty in overcompeting the lower levels like shrubs, vines, and soft green understory plants. Undisturbed forests get choked up and can't grow to their full potential. For example, light is so in demand you end up with splindley thin stretching trees with little to no canopy because there's simply no space between individuals. With more open space, more branches can spread and fill with leaves which drop in autumn and help build soil. There's much more than that, but if you have questions ask!

@Nilafila76

Жыл бұрын

Do you know about the canopy of a forest?

I will not comply Thank you for part of my new food supply when things go south

shame we cant have wild bison roaming free even if we had a larger group like the USA do with their bison.

Is there actually enough forest in England? These bison look skinny

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

yes they are, and bison are lean, unlike cow which you're used to see, these are very fat and not healthy with very short legs

When did Bison go extinct in the UK?

@lb540

Жыл бұрын

Depending on the species of Bison, between 40000 and 6000 years ago.

@Westyrulz

Жыл бұрын

@@lb540 Gee whizz,I wonder if these Bison will be able to make a go of it as things will have changed much I should imagine in this time frame?

Back from the brink of extinction.

Any chance Aurochs can be revived through genetic manipulation?

They ring bark trees!! Sounds like that will be great for the tiny bit of woodland UK has got left....genius

@Victor_aeternus002

Жыл бұрын

The presence of bison would promote native trees such as oak, by creating open woodland areas. Right now woodland areas in the UK are suffering from non-native conifer trees outcompeting the native oaks.

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

They also help many insect species and provide fertiliser and help many plant species by changing the dynamic in vegetation, creating clrearings and helping colonizer plant to thrive, making the whole habitat more productive, richer and resilient.

GG. Btw I heard leopards and hyenas were once roaming across Europe. Let's bring them back cus these 1 ton animals aren't dangerous enough.

@deinsilverdrac8695

12 күн бұрын

1. nearly no bison weigh 1 tons, thanks to overhunting the species decreased in size, no it's only extremely large individual that can achieve over 1 tons. 2. none of the species you listed here are actually dangerous to humans, even hyena and leopard only represent a minor risk, far less than cattle and dog. 3. yes we should have these back in the continent, it would greatly improve the ecosystems

Bring Boars back instead of Bison.

Let's see if people can not interfere with them and leave them for at least 5 years.

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

Can't stand animals of any sort.

@robshirewood5060

Жыл бұрын

@@guff9567 People are animals, how do you get on with your folks. We are all animals, primates, apes.

@Konoronn

Жыл бұрын

@@guff9567 Then stay in the city.

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

@@robshirewood5060 No. You are wrong. The reason we call other species animals, is because they are NOT human. Look up "evolution".

@guff9567

Жыл бұрын

@@Konoronn The city MUST expand to cover all of the earth's surface, and should preferably have NO green spaces