August 18, 2026 | Source: Imagine5 | by Andy Trincia
Trailing three rangers at the edge of Feneș village in the mountains of southwestern Romania, it doesn’t take long to find what we’re looking for: tracks of European bison. These gentle giants are making a comeback in places where they roamed freely two centuries ago, before hunting drove them to near extinction.
Nearby, Andrei Ponoran, a burly farmer, stands next to his tractor, taking a break from plowing his land while his wife hoes the earth by hand. Hearing the rangers say they’re accompanying a foreign journalist, he tosses out a question:
“You’ve come here to see our bison?” asks Ponoran.
Not just “the bison”. “Our bison”.
