@fotawildlife: We’re delighted to welcome two European bison calves to the herd, born just three days apart on 25th and 28th June. Both calves were fathered by Boomer, our breeding bull who arrived from Borås Djurpark in 2024 as part of the Ex-situ Endangered Species Breeding Programme (EEP). Their mothers were both born here at Fota Wildlife Park, and the calves are thriving and settling really well into the herd under the watchful care of their attentive mothers. Fota Wildlife Park has played an important role in the conservation breeding and reintroduction of European bison. The species was once extinct in the wild and several zoological organisations, including Fota Wildlife Park, have introduced members of their herds back into the bison’s native habitat in places in Europe and the UK.

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Friday 10 July 2026 13:50:50 GMT