Prince Charles to see bison during Polish trip

Prince Charles is visiting Poland today, a trip that includes a visit to a bison-filled woodland – Europe's last remaining primeval forest thanks to preservation efforts of kings and czars of centuries past.

By The Newsroom

Published 15th Mar 2010, 09:31 BST

Updated 15th Mar 2010, 09:31 BST

The British Embassy in Warsaw said the environmentally minded Prince, along with his wife, Camilla, will visit a bison reserve where they will be guaranteed a view of several of the hefty beasts that are Europe's largest land mammals and less-hirsute cousins of the North American buffalo.

They will then go to a feeding point where they may see some of the imposing animals wandering freely.

Charles and Camilla begin their three-day visit by dining with Polish President Lech Kaczynski and meeting Prime Minister Donald Tusk. On Tuesday, they are to travel 125 miles east to the Bialowieza Forest, an immense virgin forest that straddles Poland and Belarus that is also home to wolves, lynx and otters, along with storks that circle above.

The Prince is also scheduled to meet Culture Minister Bogdan Zdrojewski to discuss the preservation of crumbling palaces in Poland.