Itwas early September in South East England, when — for the first time in millennia — a wild baby Bison was born in the United Kingdom (UK). The calf, covered in light brown fur, was caught on camera jumping around the woodland to the surprise of everyone. After all, there were no male bison in the country at the time.
The European bison (Bison bonasus), also known as Wisent, is the largest land mammal native to Europe and one of the continent’s last species of megafauna. These animals have been plagued by centuries of habitat destruction and hunting, which led to the species becoming extinct in the wild in the aftermath of the first World War.