14 DAY TRIAL // Throughout the past 10 years, the staff at Queens Zoo have been trying to breed the Roosevelt elks in their care, but it is only now that their conservation plans became a success and a male calf was born.
For those unaware, Roosevelt elks are the largest sub-species of elk, and it is their impressive size, together with their dark brown head and pale brown torso, that makes them so very special.
Sources inform us that Roosevelt elks typically live in the American Pacific Northwest, and that the Wildlife Conservation Society is presently working towards safeguarding their natural habitats.
The goal is to make sure that this species can cope with the changes brought about by the expansion of human society and by phenomena such as climate change and global warming.
As far as this particular calf is concerned, it seems that visitors are coming by the hundreds to catch just one quick glance of it, and watch it explore its surroundings.