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A bison is seen at Wildwood Trust, Wild Animal Park, Blean Woods, Canterbury, Britain, January 27, 2021. Reuters pic
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BLEAN WOODS (England), Jan 28 Conservationists in England are looking for the country’s first ever rangers to look after European bison, Europe’s largest land mammal, which is being introduced to Kent more than 15,000 years after its ancestors roamed the landscape.
Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust are bringing a small herd of the animals to Blean Woods near Canterbury in Kent, the south-eastern county known as the Garden of England, to help naturally manage the habitat.
Reasons to be cheerful in Kent for 2021 â on Blue Monday from improved air quality and biodiverse bisons to a start-up surge and the Tokyo Olympics
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To say that 2020 was a year to forget would be an understatement.
But as the New Year starts on a similar footing to how the last ended with rising infection rates and hospitals full of people with Covid-19 across Kent you could be forgiven for feeling somewhat dreary this morning.
There are reasons to be cheerful as we continue to adapt and support one another through the pandemic
However, there is fresh cause for optimism with the vaccine rollout underway, charting a path towards some degree of normality.
Bison rangers wanted to oversee U.K. herd â no bison experience necessary
A small group of wild, European bison will be introduced to a woodland reserve in England, and the group overseeing the project is looking for two rangers to manage the herd, no previous experience required.
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Posted: Jan 13, 2021 4:57 PM ET | Last Updated: January 13
European bison, like this one, will be introduced to roam in the wild in the Blean woods near Canterbury, England, next spring. This bison is one of two males in captivity at the Wildwood Trust. (Tom Cawdron)
As It Happens6:31Bison rangers wanted to oversee U.K. herd â no bison experience necessary
Jobs as the UK s first bison rangers are being advertised as part of a scheme to introduce the huge mammals into ancient woodland in Kent.
Two people are being sought by Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust, as part of their Wilder Blean project to restore Blean Woods, near Canterbury.
The European bison, the continent s largest land mammal, is the closest living relative to ancient steppe bison that would have once roamed Britain and naturally managed the habitat, conservationists said.
A close-knit herd of four European bison will be introduced into a 500-acre fenced enclosure in the woods, in what is the first time the animals have been brought to a nature reserve to help wildlife in the UK.