This video was filmed minutes after the birth of this baby European bison (Bison bonasus) on the 25th of October 2020. This female baby bison was born to mother Blue and father Hyssop. Hyssop is the dominant bull of the herd and came to Fota from Port Lympne Reserve (UK) six years ago as part of the coordinated European Endangered Species breeding Programme (EEP). Classified as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the European bison is the continent’s largest land mammal. The European Bison was extinct in the wild but has recently been reintroduced to the mountain ranges of Poland and Romania in a collective conservational effort by many European zoos and wildlife parks - including Fota Wildlife Park.
