"European Bison in nature" Project

To crown Parco Natura Viva's efforts to breed this important European specie, on June 12th, 2004 two female European bison born in our park were transferred to Poloniny National Park, Slovakia. This is the first step of a project aimed at reintroducing this specie in the wild, which involves the Park, other European zoos and the Large Herbivore Foundation (LHF) as project promoter.

The majority of large herbivore specie is dramatically decreasing in Eurasia. The European bison is particularly vulnerable and requires human intervention to survive.

The Large Herbivore Foundation launched a reintroduction project to increase the number of bisons in the wild and form sub-populations that may constitute larger and more sustainable populations. From 2008 our Park supplies specimen for Zimbri Vama Buzaului reintroduction project as well, Brasov province, Romania.