Due to intensive hunting and habitat destruction the European Bison came close to extinction in the 1920s
Campaign Categories: Defenders of Wildlife
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Caucasian Mountain Bison
International breeding programs for the European Bison differ between two genetically separated breeding lines
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Started in 1952
The first reintroduction of European Bison started in 1952 in Poland in Białowieża Forest at the border with Belarus.