Albino Bison Returns To Home Ranch After Two Decades At Museum

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) — An albino bison at the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown has returned home to the farm where she came from.

Museum officials say White Cloud returned home to Shirek Buffalo near the town of Michigan on Saturday. She was born there July 10, 1996, and the Shirek family arranged to have her live with the museum's bison herd to make her more visible to the public.

White Cloud over the past two decades has had 11 calves, including another white bison named Dakota Miracle that remains a part of the herd.

The museum says a bison can live in captivity for 20-25 years. Museum Board President Don Williams tells KQDJ that Shirek Buffalo can better care for White Cloud now.

More than 3 million museum visitors have seen White Cloud.