On a rainy afternoon in May, bison manager Craig Thoms checks on a group of bison nestled in the grass at Wanuskewin Heritage Park.
Ten calves were born in the spring, the most since the bison were reintroduced to the land in 2019.
The calves go from running and playing with each other, to nursing with their mothers, to hiding behind the adult members of the herd.
While the arrival of ten new calves is exciting news in itself, the herd has grown to 43 bison since 2019.
According to the park, Plains bison became nearly extinct in the late 1800s. Wanuskewin partnered with Parks Canada in 2019 to reintroduce the animals to the same region they once grazed upon nearly 150 years ago.
Four of the initial group of bison that arrived from Grasslands National Park and Yellowstone National Park were pregnant when they got here. Three of those births happened on auspicious days.
650 CKOM's Alex Brown and Brittany Caffet visit the heritage park to learn more about the special birth dates.
Radio story and video by Alex Brown
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