August 4th, 2009
Despite the numbers of wild
European bison rising in the last 50 years, the species remains extremely vulnerable to extinction. One of the two remaining wild herds of pure bred European bison is now formed by 800 individuals but in terms of genetic diversity it is down to an effective population size of just 25. European bisons survive in the wild in just two herds, each living on either side of the Bialowieza forest which straddles Belarus and Poland.
BBC
Belarus nature, Europe nature, Poland nature | Tags: Bialowieza forest, European bison|