Bison Returning to the UK

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Well,

It's only in a limited way but I think I need to hurry my gunsmith along to finish my 404J!

Scrummy

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/10/wild-bison-to-return-to-uk-kent?utm_source=All+Contacts&utm_campaign=46f7d8031f-Morning+Briefing+100720&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dd843c5cb6-46f7d8031f-21861007&mc_cid=46f7d8031f&mc_eid=596bcb1286
 
Yeah Right, makes about as much sense as returning wolves to to densely settled mainland Europe. As they say, you can never go home again, it just isn't there.

Grizz
 
billdick said:
When were bison ever in the UK? I didn't read your linky thing but I'm curious about when they were there, I don't remember ever hearing it at school or anywhere else.
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https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/extinct-british-wildlife

Bison
Bison were once found in the British landscape, although archaeological evidence suggests they were more common on cold tundras of Britain before the last ice age, going back tens of thousands of years to a million years ago. They would have been mixing with woolly rhinos and woolly mammoths, and been eaten by hyenas, sabre-toothed cats and humans. Living in large herds, bison enjoyed the vast open landscapes known as mammoth steppe that replaced swathes of forests. As the climate warmed the bison disappeared; reindeer, wild horses, aurochs and deer dominated the grassy landscapes which slowly became woodland.
 
THESEUS said:
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/extinct-british-wildlife

Bison
Bison were once found in the British landscape, although archaeological evidence suggests they were more common on cold tundras of Britain before the last ice age, going back tens of thousands of years to a million years ago. They would have been mixing with woolly rhinos and woolly mammoths, and been eaten by hyenas, sabre-toothed cats and humans. Living in large herds, bison enjoyed the vast open landscapes known as mammoth steppe that replaced swathes of forests. As the climate warmed the bison disappeared; reindeer, wild horses, aurochs and deer dominated the grassy landscapes which slowly became woodland.
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OK so its been a while.
 
If you find any to shoot then give me a shout. If I can come too you can borrow my .416 Rigby!

They'll be fenced in so it's just another species being farmed in my opinion.
 
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