Photo:Bear River State Park/Facebook
Bear River State Park/Facebook
A rare white bison was born in a Wyoming state park earlier this month.
Bear River State Parkannounced on its Facebookpage that its two-year-old white bison gave birth to a calf that takes after its mother in its coloring.
Bear River State Park Superintendent Tyfani Sager told theCowboy State Dailythat the calf is “small” but “doing well,” and its sex has yet to be determined. He said it is the first white bison to be born at the 328-acre park, and they are still determining whether it is a “bull calf or a heifer calf.”
However, Sager toldCowboy State Dailythat lightning could strike again as they received two white bison in 2021 from Jackson Fork Ranch in Bondurant, and the second white bison mother isn’t expected to birth a calf until Spring 2024.
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Partially due to its rarity, the white bison calf is considered “very sacred” to the Sioux, Cherokee, Navaho, Lakota, and Dakota Native American tribes, according to theNational Park Service.
“Some American Indians say the birth of a white calf is an omen because the birth takes place in the most unexpected places and often happens among the poorest of people,” the NPS said. “The birth is sacred within the American Indian communities because it brings a sense of hope and is a sign that good times are about to happen.”
source: people.com
