Bison cows re-export in the US National Park

Four adult bison bats were released on October 11 in Badlands National Park in an effort to restore the species population.

For the first time in 142 years, images of bison, the largest and most iconic mammal in North America, reappear in the snow-covered grasslands of more than 90,000 square meters in the National Park. Badlands in the state of South Dakota. Their ancestors roamed the land before disappearing completely in 1877.

Bison bull re-appeared in "ancestral land" after more than 140 years.

The bison population in the past once reached 30 million, but excessive hunting has driven them to the brink of extinction with the number sharply dropping to 512 individuals in North America. Today, thanks to government conservation efforts, the species population is gradually recovering, with some 21,000 living in the wild.

Badlands National Park is currently home to more than 1,200 bison, living in an area limited by a fence of 233,000 m2 to the west. The addition of grasslands in the north helps to expand the range of their habitats to more than 323,000 ^m2 .

The project is jointly implemented by the World Wide Conservation Union (WFF), the US National Parks Fund, the Wildlife Conservation Foundation, the Badlands Natural History Association and the Badlands National Park. Nearly $ 750,000 will be used to build 72km of fences around the bison's new habitat.

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