"Stray bison which charmed rural village in Poland shot dead by local farmers who feared it was seducing all of their cows

A stray bison which charmed a village of Poles has been shot dead by local farmers who feared the animal was seducing all of their cows.

The animal, nicknamed Bartek the Bison, first appeared in Lakiele in autumn and quickly became a staple of village life.

But after spending time grazing with cattle herds, the bison attracted the attention of the village's cows.

To the horror of local farmers, the livestock stopped returning to their barns to be milked at night instead staying in the field with Bartek.

After calling a village meeting, the farmers agreed the animal should be killed despite protests from other residents.

The town's mayor, Jan Zaborowski, said the animal was causing no harm to the majority of the village.

'Despite his great size he was very gentle and was even given the name Bartek. We have no idea where he came from or how he got there, but he didn’t do any harm.

'He interested the locals and so he was fed and nobody bothered him. As a result although he was nervous at the start he began to spend more time in the local pastures than in the forest.
The animals stopped returning to their barns at night to be milked, instead staying out to graze with Bartek

'At night the cows would stay with him rather than in their barn. I guess he was building himself a family and a herd of his own which is perfectly natural.

'But that didn’t impress the owners of the cows who were used to them coming home in the evening to be milked. All of a sudden they were staying out with the bison instead.'"
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