In mid-April, the time had finally come. Three bison bulls from Kraansvlak were loaded to make the long journey to northern Spain. It involved two bulls, now 4 years old, and a…
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)…
The Czech wisent bull which came to Kraansvlak in June 2020, was transported to Slikken van de Heen, Zeeland on March 11th 2025. The European bison, also known as the wisent, has…
She was one out of six in 2008, as one of the founders of the wisent herd of Kraansvlak. In 2007 the first three wisents came from Poland to the Netherlands. The next three…
Een mijlpaal voor de wisent in de Nederlandse natuur: het grootste landzoogdier van Europa heeft hier nu vijftien jaar een thuis. In 2007 werden de eerste drie wisenten uit Polen…
Wednesday 9th November 2022 marks the 10 year anniversary of the first visitors walking the ‘Wisentenpad’ (European bison trail). Of course after it was first officially…
At the end of March, five European bison from the Kraansvlak herd at Zuid-Kennemerland National Park in the Netherlands were exported to Spain. The bison were released at La…
Dutch success inspires the introduction of the European bison in Great Britain.The European bison, the largest living land mammal in Europe, has grazed nature reserves in several…
For the first time a reinforced GPS-LoRaWAN® collar has successfully been placed on a European bison. The high-tech collar makes it possible to follow the largest terrestrial…
A Czech three year old bull was successfully introduced into the Kraansvlak herd last month. Several bulls were exchanged within Europe in the spring of 2020. The exchanging of…
At the end of March three European bison bulls from the Kraansvlak herd travelled to new homes and arrived in good health. Two of the bulls were transported to a nature reserve in…
Three wisent bulls from the Kraansvlak herd were transported to other nature reserves in the Netherlands and Czech Republic on Friday last week. They will be replaced by a…
