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March 26, 2026

First exported wisent still going strong

Ten years ago the first European bison export out of Kraansvlak took place. One of the animals translocated was a wisent bull born in the Dutch dunes in 2011. He was born out of two of six Polish founders that had arrived in 2007-2008 to Kraansvlak.

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May 26, 2025

Polish wisent arrives in Kraansvlak

Eighteen years after the start of the Wisent Project in the Dutch dunes, a Polish truck arrived again to Kraansvlak. On April 24th 2007 three wisents (a.k.a European bison) arrived from Poland, two cows from the wild population in Białowieża and a bull from Pszczyna.

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