7 An elk runs near the village of Babchin, Belarus. 8 A white-tailed eagle on the roof of an abandoned school in Tulgovichi, Belarus. 9 A bison nursery near Dronki, Belarus. 10.

Of these, the number of elk and roe deer has increased consistently since 1987, with roe deer numbers increasing by about 10 times by 1996. The wild boar population dropped in 1993-94 but this was ...

The Belarus region devastated by the 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident is now teeming with elk, wild boar, deer and wolves Editor's note: The following essay is reprinted with permission ...