Search results
This is where the aurochs, or its descendant – the so-called “Tauros” – comes in. Through selective breeding, Rewilding Europe and its partners want Tauros to occupy the niche the aurochs once filled, keeping Europe’s rich mosaic of open landscapes flourishing through natural grazing.
- Title
Bringing back wild bovines. Last week, a herd of fifteen...
- Online
Sorry, there appears to be a problem. This publication is...
- Greater Côa Valley
Supporting local enterprise. The Greater Côa Valley...
- Oder Delta
The Oder Delta, spreading between the border of Poland and...
- Rewilding Landscapes
We are selecting large pioneering landscapes in Europe,...
- Partner with Us
Technical partner. To achieve our mission, collaborating on...
- Contact
Rewilding Europe Wild Quarters Monseigneur Suyslaan 4 6564...
- Blog
Over the last 18 months, James Shooter’s Rewild Podcast...
- Title
A wilder Europe really needs herds of fully self-sufficient, wild bovines to prevent further loss of the biodiversity of the open areas. This rewilding project is focusing on natural grazing, back-breeding and scientific research on aurochs (an extinct species of large wild cattle).
Project: Taurus Foundation. Region: Keent, Netherlands. Aim and vision: The Tauros programme is aiming at a near 100 % substitute for the Aurochs: the Tauros, a bovine breed that will be indistinguishable from the former Aurochs.
26 sty 2022 · In 2017, the first European bison to make its way into Germany in 250 years was almost immediately shot dead. Once a breeding population of modern-day aurochs exists, the challenge will be ...
The programme is aiming at a near 100 % substitute for the Aurochs: the Tauros, a bovine breed that will be indistinguishable from the former Aurochs. Now is the time to make a choice for a truly wild bovine that once again can roam around in the (new) European wilderness.
4 maj 2024 · The end goal is to achieve in 20 years a wild and autonomous bovine breed grazing in herds of at least 150 members each at different rewilding locations in Europe. But what was an Auroch?
13 mar 2024 · The foundation has been using a method known as back-breeding to combine cattle breeds in southern Europe that still have some of the characteristics of their auroch ancestors: large stature,...