American Plains Bison

Ireland

American Plains Bison in Tayto Park Ireland Fota Wildlife Park in Ireland May 2025 – Fota Wildlife Park in Ireland is also thrilled to welcome two female European bison calves (Bison bonasus), born just a week apart on 15 and 21 April. The calves were both fathered by the bull Bomer who came from Borås Djurpark in Sweden in February 2024. These are his first two offspring. The calves are already best friends, who can be seen playing, snoozing, and soaking up the sunshine together. Their mums are both healthy and very protective.  The European bison, the largest mammal in … Read more

England

A small herd of four European bison will be released into a woodland in southeastern England in spring 2022   Alex Fox  Correspondent July 15, 2020 After thousands of years, a herd of wild bison will be reintroduced to a nature preserve in the United Kingdom in spring of 2022, reports Damian Carrington of the Guardian. The reintroduction will take place in a 2,500-acre area called Blean Woods in southeast England near Canterbury, according to a release. The $1.4 million “Wilder Blean” project, led by the Kent Wildlife Trust and the Wildwood Trust, will release a group of four European bison (Bison bonasus) into the woodland … Read more