American bison in Antelope Island State Park, Utah
© Conor Barry/Aurora Photo
No bull, it's Bison Day. A bison preserve
Once 60 million strong, by 1893, bison were nearly wiped out from the North American plains. Meanwhile, Antelope Island in Utah’s Great Salt Lake was privately owned. The island’s owner decided to bring 12 bison to the island in hopes of repopulating the area and opening it up to hunting. But the project failed, and without wolves on the island, the bison had no natural predators, so the herd thrived. (Incidentally, the antelope brought to the island did not survive a similar effort.) Today, the herd roams here, protected as one of the attractions at Antelope Island State Park. Happy Bison Day!
Maasai giraffes, Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Red deer stag in Caledonian Forest, Glen Affric, Scottish Highlands
Wadden Sea coast, near Moddergat, Friesland, Netherlands
American bison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Aspens near Marble, Colorado, USA
Wallabies at sunrise, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
African elephants, Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Lavender field, Hertfordshire, England
