Bison have been reintroduced into the Kent countryside close to Canterbury to return the area to its original form.

The project is taking conducted at West Blean and Thornden Woods under the direction of the Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust.

They will bring down trees by rubbing against them, creating space and light, and supplying deadwood for the benefit of other organisms.

The region was prepared by the first-ever bison rangers in the United Kingdom.

The next step, according to the Trust, will be to introduce Exmoor ponies, Iron Age pigs, and Longhorn cattle, whose natural behaviors complement those of the bison.

The director general of the Kent Wildlife Trust, Paul Whitfield, stated: “It will highlight the significant impact that nature-based solutions can have on resolving the climate challenge.

“The environmental impact of bison in the wild will be demonstrated.

They will promote an explosion of biodiversity and strengthen habitat resilience, thereby sequestering carbon to help prevent global warming.

The European bison, which can weigh up to one tonne, disappeared from the British Isles more than a millennium ago and became extinct in the wild after the conclusion of World War II.

They are still endangered and have been raised from Eastern European zoo populations.