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Freedom Fest brings a celebration of African American culture to Detroits Eastern Market

Each morning as the sun rises into the sky, ranger Donovan Wright stands on the outskirts of Blean Woods in the United Kingdom. The ancient woodland in southern England covers 509 hectares (1,257 acres) and is filled with broadleaf oak trees, birch and hazel. The former South African safari ranger of 20 years is welcomed […]

As rewilding projects restore habitats and ecosystems, we list the plants and animals staging a comeback across Britain

Wildlife ranger Donovan Wright is getting ready to work with the long-awaited wild bison that are making a comeback to the U.K.'s ancient Kent woodland as part of a conservation project.

When four wild bison arrive in north Kent in the spring of 2022, the rangers will be in charge of the first wild bison to roam the UK in thousands of years. Bison are Europe's biggest land animals, with males weighing up to a ton. They were extinct in the wild a century ago but are now being reintroduced across the continent.

Animals arrive in Kent in spring 2022 and will create forest clearings – described as ‘jet fuel for biodiversity’

By Press Association 2021 Tom Gibbs (left) and Donovan Wright, the UK’s first-ever bison rangers, get to know a bison (Gareth Fuller/PA) The UK’s first ever bison rangers have been chosen after more than 1,000 people from across the world applied to help introduce the huge mammals into ancient woodland in Kent. A close-knit herd of four European bison is to live in Blean Woods near Canterbury in an effort to restore the habitat. New...

By Press Association 2021 Tom Gibbs (left) and Donovan Wright, the UK’s first-ever bison rangers, get to know a bison (Gareth Fuller/PA) The UK’s first ever bison rangers have been chosen after more than 1,000 people from across the world applied to help introduce the huge mammals into ancient woodland in Kent. A close-knit herd of four European bison is to live in Blean Woods near Canterbury in an effort to restore the habitat. New...

By Press Association 2021 Tom Gibbs (left) and Donovan Wright, the UK’s first-ever bison rangers, get to know a bison (Gareth Fuller/PA) The UK’s first ever bison rangers have been chosen after more than 1,000 people from across the world applied to help introduce the huge mammals into ancient woodland in Kent. A close-knit herd of four European bison is to live in Blean Woods near Canterbury in an effort to restore the habitat. New...

By Press Association 2021 Tom Gibbs (left) and Donovan Wright, the UK’s first-ever bison rangers, get to know a bison (Gareth Fuller/PA) The UK’s first ever bison rangers have been chosen after more than 1,000 people from across the world applied to help introduce the huge mammals into ancient woodland in Kent. A close-knit herd of four European bison is to live in Blean Woods near Canterbury in an effort to restore the habitat. New...