The Guardian Dedicates Article to Romania’s Wild Bison

Romania’s wild bison returns to Romanian lands after almost 200 years of absence. The British magazine, The Guardian, dedicates an article based on the return of Romania’s big beast, immortalizing the beauty of the bison through spectacular images made on Romanian lands.

According to The Guardian, European bison were reintroduced to Poland in 1954 and Romania in 2012 after being extinct in the wild.

Photographer Alexander Turner and rangers from the Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC) travelled in quest of Europe’s largest land animal. The FCC’s project in the Fagaras mountains is one of three working to reintroduce bison in Romania’s Carpathians.

The reintroduction of bison is not only a matter of repairing past environmental mistakes or a case of modern biodiversity conservation, but it is also an excellent example of how nature conservation can help local communities thrive by developing ecotourism programmes.

Adrian Aldea, FCC’s biologist and wildlife manager

Romania is home to around half of the Carpathian Mountains. Because there is little habitat fragmentation, bison may find areas to feed, rest, and travel great distances. The FCC is seeking to rewild huge swathes of land in the Fagaras mountains, the highest range of the southern Carpathians.