Breakfast boops with Folie to celebrate #NationalBisonMonth 🦬 Did you know that #YourTorontoZoo has been a leader in wood bison conservation since 1977 and is home to one of a few reproductive physiology labs in North America? This lab plays a critical role in biobanking wildlife species, the process of freezing and preserving living cells such as sperm and embryos to help safeguard the genetic diversity of endangered species for future generations 🔬 Once roaming in massive herds across North America, wood bison populations have faced dramatic declines due to overhunting, habitat loss and disease. Today, they survive in much smaller herds found in northeastern British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and northwestern Saskatchewan 🦬 Thanks to ongoing conservation efforts by organizations like #YourTorontoZoo, the species have been relisted from "endangered" to "near threatened” by the International Union Conservation and Nature (IUCN) Red List. We are proud to be #GuardiansOf...