Bison, other beasts return life to a former Soviet army base

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Wild horses, bison and other big-hoofed animals once roamed freely in much of Europe. Now they are transforming a former military base outside the Czech capital in an ambitious project to improve biodiversity.

Where occupying Soviet troops once held exercises, massive bovines called tauros and other heavy beasts now munch on the invasive plants that took over the base years ago.

The animals' task is to improve biodiversity among local plants by eating invasive ones while saving endangered species, said Dalibor Dostal, the director of European Wildlife, an organization behind the project. While invasive grasses are a delicacy for wild horses, European bisons and tauros prefer bushes, creating an ideal partnership.

The Czech project includes tauros that were transferred from the Netherlands, where a cross-breeding program aimed at coming close to the original species, the aurochs, started in 2008. That wild ancestor of today's cattle became extinct in the 17th century. Today, the whole area changes its colours over the course of the year, depending on what flowers are in bloom.

 

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They look malnourished.

Wikipedia says that bison only occur in North America. Are these animals really bison?

Nature always wins

Why does Wikipedia say that bison only occur in North America?

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