Fota Wildlife Park Has Announced The Birth Of A Female Baby European Bison

The baby was born on the 4th January to mother Erika and father Hyssop
17-year-old Erika is one of the founding members of the Fota herd, she originally came from the Skansen Foundation Zoo in Stockholm and this new calf is her 13th birth.
Erica has over 50 grandchildren in various zoological institutions across Europe, all of them participating in the coordinated European Endangered Species Programme
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