Teberda reserve becomes home to eight bison

A herd of eight bison imported from central Russia were released into the

wild in the Teberda reserve in Karachayevo-Cherkessia last weekend.

"The first attempt to release bison in the Teberda Reserve was on Friday, but

one female had no time to recover from the trip and therefore she could

not be released. It was decided to wait to release all animals at the

same time. The next day all eight animals were released," a 

representative of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Russia said,  RIA Novosti

reports.

After this operation, the number of bison in the reserve now exceeds 20,

which will hopefully improve the situation with their population.