Castle Howard Estate in North Yorkshire has introduced a herd of rare White Park cattle as part of a 30-year rewilding scheme, marking the latest phase of the Bog Hall habitat restoration project near Malton. The estate says the cattle's grazing will help create a more varied habitat structure in newly sown meadows, with the initiative also planned to include the reintroduction of beavers later this year, forming part of a broader effort to restore biodiversity to the site.

The White Park breed, considered one of the most ancient native cattle types in the British Isles, is priority-listed by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust and was chosen for its suitability to outdoor grazing in wetter grassland habitats; the herd will live outside year-round. The Bog Hall Habitat Bank scheme, run in partnership with Environment Bank, aims to rewild 440 acres of agricultural land within the Howardian Hills National Landscape, and since starting in 2024 volunteers have installed around three miles of fencing, built badger tunnels and otter passes, restored meadows, and created ponds and leaky dams, with local schoolchildren also contributing signage designs.