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Wild brown bears to return to UK woodlands for first time in a MILLENNIUM
A £5MILLION project to return bears to British woodland for the first time in a thousand years has been unveiled. The scheme, called Bear Wood, would see European brown bears, lynx and wolves introduced to the woodlands near Bristol.
By JOHN BETT
PUBLISHED: 10:26, Mon, Mar 19, 2018 | UPDATED: 12:09, Mon, Mar 19, 2018

Experts at Wild Place Project believe their woodland is similar to that which covered Britain in the first millennium. It is believed the wild bears became extinct here around 1,000AD.
Work on the ambitious project is expected to begin in the summer with an aim to open by Easter next year. Five European grey wolves, already at Wild Place Project, will be moved to a new home in Bear Wood.
The wolves will share seven-and-a-half acres with the brown bears. Nigel Simpson, of Wild Place Project, said: “We are literally making history with this amazing project. We will transport people back in time to when the woodland was inhabited by bears, lynx and wolves. “

"Bear Wood is about conservation of woodland. It is a story of what was, where we are now and what is still at stake.” 

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Bristol Zoological Society has already received donations towards the cost of the scheme but £2million is still needed.
Christoph Schwitzer, director of conservation, said: “We are hoping people will be really excited by Bear Wood and want to support us.
"It will be an experience like no other.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/933836/wild-bears-bristol-woodland-rewilding-millennium-lynx-wolves Reply