The LHNet view

Eurasia was once the home of billions of grazing mammals: the large herbivores. Forests, wetlands, grasslands, mountains, tundra, steppes and deserts were inhabited by a wide variety of hoofed animals. Certain species used to migrate in groups of millions of animals over thousands of kilometres as part of their natural behaviour.

However, in particular during the last century, development of human societies has led to dramatic declines in the numbers and ranges of most large herbivore species.

The Large Herbivore Network was founded to counter these ever-increasing threats and to aim for conservation and ecological restoration.