The problem with Wild Bison returning to England

It could be the same problem we have here in the U.S. Wild Bison or "Buffalo" as we call them here in the U.S. kill more people than any other wild animal in the U.S.

If one was logical one would think that more people would be killed by Grizzly Bears, Mountain Lions and things like Raccoons or Wolverines. But NO, more people are killed by American Buffalo Bison than any other animal in the U.S.

It is unlikely that European Bison would be much different than American Buffalo in killing people if people aren't pretty careful of them by the way.

You have to stay far away from the bulls who protect the herd from wolves and other wild animals like Bears, mountain lions and such. If they think you are a problem they will knock you down and crush your head and chest with their front hooves. Takes about 1 or 2 seconds to be dead before you know what hit you.

Female bison with babies also will kill you just like a deer with a baby will split your skull with her front hooves if you get too close and she doesn't trust you or you have a dog with you not on a leash.

So, these are NOT domesticated cattle like unexperienced people might think but animals who have been killing wolves and dogs and anything else that bothers the herds including people for thousands of years already.

I told this true story recently about a friend of mine but I think it's okay because this likely happened 50 years ago now when he was 20 or 21 years of age. He was reading "Black Elk Speaks" and decided to crawl into the middle of a Buffalo Herd on his belly like he read someone else did in the book "Black Elk Speaks". Black Elk was a revered medicine man of one of the Buffalo nations of native Americans. So, when the man crawled into the middle of the herd my friend read about it and did the same.

However, when he got into the middle of the herd likely in Yellowstone or Teton National Parks he noticed all the Buffalo were watching him carefully with their eyes. He got scared of this and crawled out of the herd safely.

Later he read the rest of the chapter about the man who crawled into the middle of a Buffalo herd and learned to his dismay that the herd had killed him. So, he was very lucky to have survived this encounter with the Buffalo herd and never tried this ever again.

Note regarding raccoons:

By the way, Raccoons often attack small women with poodles or other small dogs at night. Raccoons often attack as a whole family like monkeys often do in places like India and Nepal where I have seen this happen. So every so often here in the U.S. we read about a woman in the hospital that makes the mistake of walking her poodle or other small dog at night in suburban California or any other state where they live. The poodle or other small dog often doesn't make it and the woman is often covered with stitches from all the bites of the members of that raccoon family if she survives.

The trigger is the small dog that raccoons see as food source  so if you are walking at night don't bring a small dog if you are a woman alone if you know raccoons live in your area in culverts and water drains. They sleep during the day and only come out after dark.