European bison in captivity
Breeding centers are sorted by country and listed in alphabetical order. As red color is common for Lowland line (to get informed about genetic lines, click here) and green - for Lowland-Caucasian line, breeding centers, depending on which line they keep, are marked as follows:
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Source signifies information obtained from a) European Bison Pedigree Book (EBPB) or b) breeder directly (date of personal communication).
| Country | Breeder | N | M | F | M | F |
| AUSTRIA | Innsbruck | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Schlosshof | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| BELARUS | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 14 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| BELGIUM | Antwerp | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| BRAZIL | Brasîlia | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| BULGARIA | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| CANADA | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Taber | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| CROATIA | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Prachatice | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Praha | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| DENMARK | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ebeltoft | 9 | 4 | 5 | |||
| ESTONIA | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tallinn | 14 | 6 | 8 | |||
| FINLAND | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| FRANCE | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Le Breil-sur-M. | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 37 | 19 | 18 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 24 | 5 | 19 | ||||
| Ruynes | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Thoiry | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| GERMANY | Ahaus | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Chemnitz | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 28 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| Döberitzer Heide | 30 | 10 | 20 | |||
| Duisburg | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Gera | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Hardehausen I | 16 | 7 | 9 | |||
| Hardehausen II | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Karlsruhe | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Kiel | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Leipzig | 10 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Ludwigshafen | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | ||
| 11 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Neuruppin | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rostock | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Springe | 26 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| Stendal | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Straubing | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Vahrendorf | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Weilburg | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Wismar | 7 | 2 | 5 | |||
| GREAT BRITAIN | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| HUNGARY | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Fuzerkomlosi | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Nagykanizsa | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| IRELAND | 11 | 5 | 6 | |||
| ITALY | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| LATVIA | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 21 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| LITHUANIA | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Kaunas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Panevežys-Pašiliu S. | 15 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| MOLDOVA REPUBLIC | Pădurea Domnească | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| NETHERLANDS | Amsterdam | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kraansvlak | 10 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 20 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| NORWAY | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| POLAND | 34 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Człuchów | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Gołuchów | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Karolew | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kiermusy | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Leszno | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Łódź | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Niepołomice | 28 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Pszczyna | 40 | 18 | 22 | |||
| Pszczyna Park | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 17 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| Toruń | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Warszawa | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| PORTUGAL | Avintes | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| RUMANIA | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Vanatori Neamt | 28 | 8 | 20 | |||
| RUSSIA | Ivanovo | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Okskijj zapovednik | 40 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 41 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 28 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| SERBIA | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Topol'cianky | 15 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| SPAIN | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jerez | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Santillana del Mar | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| SWEDEN | Avesta | 27 | 14 | 13 | ||
| Anäset | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Boras | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Eriksberg | 35 | 18 | 17 | |||
| Höör | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Kolmorden | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Stokholm | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| SWITZERLAND | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| UKRAINE | Kiev | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 8 | 1 | 7 | |||
| TOTAL | 1482 | 143 | 263 | 405 | 671 |