bison returning to the UK

[Ted Newgent 4,896]

worth a read

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/10/wild-bison-to-return-to-uk-kent?utm_source=All+Contacts&utm_campaign=46f7d803 1f-Morning+Briefing+100720&utm_medium=email&utm_term= 0_dd843c5cb6-46f7d8031f-21861007&mc_cid=46f7d8031f&mc_eid=596bcb1286

[Greyman 25,266]

When 90% of England was trees and pasture and they could walk across to mainland Europe I could see it working but today they will be no more than a fancy cow in a large enclosure, we don’t have miles of roaming plains or acres of unkept woodland for them to be proper free roaming wild buffalo you can’t turn the clock back without removing a lot of mans influences and we won’t be doing that in a hurry

[Born Hunter 17,638]

I'm generally in favour of at least considering 'holistic' approaches to land management and agriculture but this seems a bit meh. They sound about as 'wild' as a donkey and they're being released into one of the most agriculturally developed countries in the world.

I hope they have a positive ecological impact and aren't just some greenies wet dream.

[Ken's Deputy 4,456]

The big cats'll fukc their shit up.

 

[chartpolski 20,414]

Better get myself a bull cross ............

Cheers.

[riohog 5,621]

more silly shite  ,the fkn country on its kn ees   .. bring in some bison thatll cure all,

[forest of dean redneck 11,190]

Seen that earlier makes a change from a predator being released. 

Imagine the insurance form fill out I wrote my car off hitting a bison

[king 11,664]

18 minutes ago, riohog said:

more silly shite  ,the fkn country on its kn ees   .. bring in some bison thatll cure all,

It's got to be better than taking a knee.lighting a candle.and holding hands surely.

[C.green 3,203]

Is there not a couple herds of riendeer in uk ? I think we alot luckier than most know game wise and what we can support.

[chartpolski 20,414]

Just now, C.green said:

Is there not a couple herds of riendeer in uk ? I think we alot luckier than most know game wise and what we can support.

Couple of herds in the Cairngorms, semi wild, but owned and farmed.

Cheers.

[big sid 1,119]

bison were kept at palacerigg country park cumbernauld scotland a good few years ago as were lots of interesting animals including bob cats and wolves.

[forest of dean redneck 11,190]

Highland wildlife park was good when I was a kid. 

[kinkell 787]

Land owner Murthy estate brought a herd of American bisson about 1830 with a few red Indians to look after them . when he came back from his travels well documented interesting to have a look for it 

[bell 3,504]

We had some next to our place a few years ago but they didn’t do well and got some sort of lung disease so had to be shipped off down south, Yorkshire air  didn’t agree with them but they were nice to see.

[downsouth 6,838]

Its just down the road from me where I do a lot of riding on my mtb and sometimes walk with the dogs where they are going to release them.They've had highland cattle loose in the woods for a few years now and at one point had some rare type of wild goats.They're was also some type of rare wild horses roaming there at on point but I heard they had problems with the males attacking people out riding.f**k knows how it will work as the woods ar rammed with people walking and riding etc every day of the week.