This year, Nuremberg Airport is once again using water buffalo to maintain the landscape at Bucher Landgraben.
After a successful test last summer, eight animals, including lead buffalo Alma, will now graze the biologically sensitive area for six to eight weeks, thus avoiding mechanical intervention. The animals are particularly well suited to this task due to their adaptability to wet locations and their ability not to sink into the mud. Visitors are again asked not to cross the electric fence and not to disturb the animals.
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