Translocation of 12 bison from Germany to Shahdag National Park in Azerbaijan Credit: Emil Khalilov / WWF It was 7 years ago that the heavy wooden doors of the transport crates slid open, and 12 European bison who had grown up in zoos suddenly looked around, blinking, at an unfamiliar wild landscape. They were standing on the slopes of Shahdagh, or the King’s Mountain, northern Azerbaijan—their new home.