The Tauros programme
Cows used to be wild animals. Not always the dairy or beef cows as we know them nowadays. Not so long ago, huge herds of Aurochs – but also horses, European bison and other wild grazers – roamed the variety of European landscapes and jointly maintained them. A somewhat cooler version of what we still know from the African savannahs, but long since disappeared from our collective memory. Natural grazing was also one of the key processes of self-reliant nature in Europe. Aurochs were self-reliant and strong enough to survive in the European pre-human landscapes. That is why we started working in 2008 on bringing back a wild bovine as a full-fledged replacement for Aurochs, which became extinct in 1627, under the name Tauros. In our dream, the Tauros will become the icon of restored wild European nature.