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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Fenced in: how a million kilometres of invisible borders are harming wildlife

BBC

Fenced in: how a million kilometres of invisible borders are harming wildlife Getty Images Modern fences are often so thoroughly impenetrable, they can slice up already-scarce habitats and restrict wildlife to increasingly small scraps of land. Getty Images Białowieża Forest is the last refuge for wild bison in Europe, after they were nearly hunted to extinction A global problem Around …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

How beef became a marker of American identity

Salon

Beef is one of America's most beloved foods. In part, the dominance of beef in American cuisine can be traced to settler colonialism, a form of colonization in which settlers claim – and then transform – lands inhabited by Indigenous people. The Mexican-American War, which lasted from 1846-48, led to 525,000 square miles being ceded to the United States – …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Why grazing bison could be good for the planet

BBC

Why grazing bison could be good for the planet Getty Images American male bison on prairie track American bison were hunted almost to extinction by European settlers. She partners with American Prairie, a conservation organisation with parcels of land on either side of the million acre Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge, to study how bison are changing the ecosystem. …

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1 year, 5 months ago

How The Blackfeet Brought Buffalo Back

Huff Post

OUTSIDE BROWNING, Blackfeet Nation — On a warm morning in June, Brandon Boyce watched as a bison bull stepped away from its herd. On June 24, three weeks after Iinnii Days, the Blackfeet tribe took the historic step of freeing four dozen of the wild bison from Buffalo Spirit Hills Ranch onto a stretch of tribal land that borders Glacier …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Blackfeet Make Buffalo Restoration History

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Blackfeet Nation set dozens of wild bison loose on tribal land last week, in a historic move to restore a free-ranging herd at a time when the last remaining American buffalo are typically kept enclosed. When is the United States of America going to step on that path?” According to Indigenous Led, 49 bison were released …

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2 years, 1 month ago

US Native American tribes seek to reintroduce indigenous wildlife

Al Jazeera

Native American groups in the US are trying to restore local species like ferrets and foxes as extinctions increase. Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets disappeared from the Fort Belknap reservation in the United States generations ago, wiped out by poisoning campaigns, disease and farm ploughs that turned the open prairie into cropland and cattle pastures. “It’s …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Leonardo DiCaprio applauds pioneering bison rewilding project in Kent

The Independent

A UK project to return wild bison to the country for the first time in thousands of years has won the acclaim of actor Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio said: “European bison are the continent’s largest land animal and were extinct in the wild a century ago. “They are recovering through reintroduction projects across Europe, and recently three were released into the …

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4 years, 3 months ago

The return of Europe’s largest beasts

BBC

The return of Europe’s largest beasts Getty Images Large herbivores could help replenish the European landscape through rewilding - but there are local clashes between farmers and conservationists Bison and wolf populations are reviving in parts of Europe, in an effort to return some of the landscape to wilderness – but these large beasts are not always welcome. There are …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Wild bison to return to UK for first time in thousands of years

CNN

CNN — About 10,000 years after the Steppe Bison went extinct, UK’s most important wildlife species are now also racing toward extinction. The $1.4 million “Wilder Blean” project, funded by the People’s Postcode Lottery Dream fund, aims to release a small herd of European bison into the West Blean woods, near Canterbury in East Kent, during the spring of 2022. …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Bison brought back to UK for first time in thousands of years

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The move is part of a £1 million project led by Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust to …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Naiduâ€™s attitude made me talk of Secretariat at Bison: K Chandrasekhar Rao

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday confirmed that the state would have a new Secretariat and a new Assembly building, and these would not come up at the Bison Polo Ground. Briefing mediapersons after the second Cabinet meeting of the new government at Pragathi Bhavan, Mr Rao said the foundation stone would be laid on June 27, Dasami. …

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5 years, 10 months ago

MiG 21: Over 50 glorious years of service in Indian Air Force

Op India

In the aviation world, especially that of fighter aircraft, MiG-21 is an icon. Tipnis, who led the Indian Air Force during Kargil War in 1999, sum-up the feeling which fighter pilots, who’ve cut their teeth on MiG-21, have for this fighter aircraft. Shoulder Patch – No 51 Squadron ‘Sword Arm’ MiG-21 Bis of 51 Sqn being readied for the strike …

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