A ceremony has been held today to release Caucasus bisons into a special area of Ismayilli branch of the Shahdag National Park.
The bisons were brought to Azerbaijan under "reintroduction of bisons in Azerbaijan" project jointly implemented by IDEA Public Union, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Azerbaijan office.
The ceremony was attended by Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Founder and Head of IDEA Public Union Leyla Aliyeva and Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev.