Although they are now considered one of the park's favourite residential creatures, bison were
in fact not part of the original plans for the preservation
area;
in 1907, a herd of 400 bison were temporarily homed here whilst a
fence was constructed at Buffalo Park, where they were
due to live permanently, but some 40 bison evaded re-capture, and went on to populate the park with bison, the descendants of which can be seen today.