First Baby Bison Born In The Wild Since 1876

Don’t be fooled by this little calf – she has a big future ahead of her. Bison are the largest land mammals in North America: two metres high, weighing a tonne, and stampeding across the Great Plains at up to 40 miles per hour.

Born on 22 April, this baby is the first purebred bison to be born since 1876 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Her parents were two of 11 animals brought last year from a herd in Yellowstone National Park.

But 200 years ago, the grasslands of North America trembled under the hooves of millions of these massive beasts. A truly prehistoric animal, the bison survived the last Ice Age and came to dominate the prairies. Native Americans considered them sacred and used every part of the animal for food, tools, and clothing.

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