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>> European bison, like this one, will be introduced to roam in the wild in the Blean woods near Canterbury, England, next spring. OK this is where I live. I s
by blacktulip 6y ago
>> European bison, like this one, will be introduced to roam in the wild in the Blean woods near Canterbury, England, next spring.
OK this is where I live. I sometimes take walks in the Blean woods. Should I worry about an accidental encounter?
- londons_explore 6y agoThey generally won't attack unless you move.
- nitrogen 6y agoSome bison will attack unpredictably. Antelope Island in Utah seems to have some aggressive individual bison. Two experienced trail runners were attacked and a third killed in the space of about a year.
- randompwd 6y ago> They'll be kept in by an electric fence, according to Smith. Not unless you're a ghost.
- sandworm101 6y ago>> Should I worry about an accidental encounter? Don't worry. The electric fence will keep you out of their territory.
- OnlyMortal 6y agoWhat could go wrong? Will it be followed by releasing apex predators to keep their numbers under control?
- mushbino 6y agoYes. Humans.
- ldiracdelta 6y agoLook up "Yellowstone Bison" encounters. Bison are NOT domesticated cows.
- sgt101 6y agoDomesticated cows are pretty dangerous. If they get the idea that they need to hurt you, they hurt you. A friend of mine was nearly killed by a cow a few years ago - as luck would have it the cow tried to crush him into some boggy ground so he wasn't all that crushed. If it had been solid ground he'd have been as dead as nails.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoWalkers in the UK get injured by cows more regularly than one might expect, a particular issue is that dog-walkers try to protect their dogs and get trampled: advice is to let the dog go as they can usually escape.
- Someone 6y agoThere are European bison in the wild in, of all places (I wouldn’t expect them in such a densely populated country), the Netherlands (https://www.wisenten.nl/en/netherlands https://www.wisenten.nl/en/netherlands) https://www.wisenten.nl/en/yourself https://www.wisenten.nl/en/yourself gives guidelines for visitors.
- vaduz 6y agoThey have only recently (2007) been reintroduced there by importing them from the Poland - Blean Woods have used that as a model for their own import.
- protomyth 6y agoWell, yeah. Treat them as any other dangerous wild animal you encounter. Plus, a bison will stomp a small car with minimal effort.