Elk Island National Park

Russia

European and American Bison in Russia   The Buffalo Commercial Buffalo, New York Feb 16, 1882 –By Imperial permission, a bison hunt was recently organized in the neighborhood of Balostock, in Russia, and two bison were killed and forwarded to St. Petersburg. There are considerable herds of those animals in the wild forest districts known as White Russia, and lying between Balostock and Litovsk.     First load. 2006 Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Wood Bison Transplant In 2007, 30 wood bison from Elk Island National Park were transferred to Lenski Stolbie Nature Park in the Republic of Sakha, a northeastern … Read more

Wood Bison- (Buffalo)

Past Wood Bison Encounters Most all Wood Bison are in Canada  (Bison bison athabascae) [Changed to Bos bison athabascae from Bison bison athabascae to align with Nature Serve 2005   1760 Natural History of Canada– “The Buffalo of Canada is larger than ours in Europe; its horns are low, short, and black;  a long hairy beard descends from its muzzle, and another from the crown of its head, which falls over its eyes, and gives the creature a most hideous look. It has on its back a bunch, beginning from the haunches, and increasing towards the shoulders. The front of … Read more