This is a Wisent of European Bison(Bison bonasus) in the primeval forest of Białowieża in Poland, a National Park and World Heritage Site. I met this animal in a zoo situated in the forest. In 1919 wild wisents were extinct, but after breeding programs in various zoos, it was possible to re-introduce them in these primeval forests in 1952. As a result, there are now wild populations in Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Germany and Romania. We were there in 2016, but whether that part of the forest is still there, remains to be seen…. Despite protests from all over the world, the Polish government intensified the timber-felling in the forest in 2015. The new management plan involves the felling of 188,000 m³ of wood instead of 63,000 m³ within 10 years, using the argument that a bark-beetle affects the pines and spruces, but just as many oaks and other tree species are cut down. Also 32 of the 39 scientists from the Council of Nature Conservation who criticized the felling plans, were dismissed and replaced by proponents.....