In the Dutch national park Zuid-Kennemerland for wisent calves were born this summer. They were the first calves to be born in the wild since in april 2007 several wisent were…
At the beginning of June, another wisent gave birth to a calf. The first days she was separated from the rest of the group, but after a week the young mother and her calf rejoined…
Hurrah! This week two new wisent calves were born at the Kraansvlak area. An event unique to the Netherlands, because it is the first time that we see wild-born wisent calves…
Recent comparative research into the wisents at Kraansvlak and Scottish Highland cattle in the nearby Kennemer dunes indicates that the foraging behaviour of the two types of…
One morning, the two students who are conducting research found the wisents very near to the domestic cows in the adjacent area. The two herds were observing each other carefully,…
Recently two magpies were seen inspecting the herd of wisents like oxpeckers and picking ticks off their furs. For almost half an hour the two birds were inspecting the six…
Not long after their release the newly arrived wisents have joined the existing group. Forest rangers soon discovered tracks of the two groups converging on one place. Yet that…
This morning, 18 March 2008, again three wild wisents from Poland were successfully released in Dutch nature. The area where the wisents are allowed to live, within dune area…
Most of the time they cannot be seen so close together as in this picture by ranger Wout te Boekhorst, but the picture shows that wisent and fallow deer do not shun each other.…
The three wisents that arrived at Kraansvlak last year have become entirely accustomed to their new environment. They have explored the area to the farthest corners and feel…
On Friday 12 October Necov (Flemish-Dutch society of ecologists) held a theme day on the subject ‘the future of the wisent in the low countries’. Besides many scientists, also…
From Poland we heard the good news that our pregnant bison cow had given birth to a healthy calf. Their Polish care takers were not yet able to tell if it is a male or female…
