Pioneer female bison dies at 21 as three calves born in Britain's Blean rewilding project

The matriarch of the UK's first free-roaming bison herd has died at age twenty-one, just days after three new calves were born in the Blean woodland. Released in 2022 under the Blean Bison Project, she led the herd's growth to nine animals and shaped the landscape through natural behaviours, becoming a cornerstone of bison rewilding in Britain.