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Something similar also happened in Europe. They were eradicated everywhere but a small natural park in Poland. Now they are being reintroduced, although I don't

Something similar also happened in Europe. They were eradicated everywhere but a small natural park in Poland. Now they are being reintroduced, although I don't know where they will find the space.

linkregister 2y ago
European Bison?
- pjmlp 2y ago
  Yep, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison
sidewndr46 2y ago
Somewhat curiously, there is another recently extinct animal the "Auroch" which was hunted to extinction as well. As recently as 1000 years ago they were quite plentiful, but completely extinct by the time Europeans started moving to the Americas
- WorkerBee28474 2y ago
  There have been some, let's say, 'interesting' attempts to recreate the species via back-breeding [0]. They seem to be having some success. [0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nazi-super-cows-extinct-auroch-bring-back-aryan-myths-17th-century-adolf-hitler-ecosystem-preserve-tauros-project-a7518766.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nazi-super-cows-e...
- dendrite9 2y ago
  Lions were also roaming Europe relatively recently, likely into the middle ages.
bkovacev 2y ago
Fruska gora, a mountain region in Serbia, has acquired or were gifted 5 European bisons from Poland[0]. It's always heartwarming to see a country working extremely hard to preserve any species. It was devastating news for a lot of people that one of the bisons, Djuka, passed away recently (not to be confused with a Serbian politician Vladimir Djukanovic also known as bison Djuka[1]). [0] https://www.gov.pl/web/srbija/poljski-bizoni-u-nacionalnom-parku-fruka-gora#:~:text=Poljska%20u%20Srbiji,-MENU&text=Krdo%20od%205%20bizona%20(4,uslove%20za%20život%20i%20razmnožavanje. https://www.gov.pl/web/srbija/poljski-bizoni-u-nacionalnom-p... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Đukanović https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Đukanović

Something similar also happened in Europe. They were eradicated everywhere but a small natural park in Poland. Now they are being reintroduced, although I don't know where they will find the space.

linkregister 2y ago

European Bison?

pjmlp 2y ago
Yep, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison

sidewndr46 2y ago

Somewhat curiously, there is another recently extinct animal the "Auroch" which was hunted to extinction as well. As recently as 1000 years ago they were quite plentiful, but completely extinct by the time Europeans started moving to the Americas

WorkerBee28474 2y ago
There have been some, let's say, 'interesting' attempts to recreate the species via back-breeding [0]. They seem to be having some success. [0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nazi-super-cows-extinct-auroch-bring-back-aryan-myths-17th-century-adolf-hitler-ecosystem-preserve-tauros-project-a7518766.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nazi-super-cows-e...
dendrite9 2y ago
Lions were also roaming Europe relatively recently, likely into the middle ages.

bkovacev 2y ago

Fruska gora, a mountain region in Serbia, has acquired or were gifted 5 European bisons from Poland[0]. It's always heartwarming to see a country working extremely hard to preserve any species. It was devastating news for a lot of people that one of the bisons, Djuka, passed away recently (not to be confused with a Serbian politician Vladimir Djukanovic also known as bison Djuka[1]). [0] https://www.gov.pl/web/srbija/poljski-bizoni-u-nacionalnom-parku-fruka-gora#:~:text=Poljska%20u%20Srbiji,-MENU&text=Krdo%20od%205%20bizona%20(4,uslove%20za%20život%20i%20razmnožavanje. https://www.gov.pl/web/srbija/poljski-bizoni-u-nacionalnom-p... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Đukanović https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Đukanović