George and Opal

Wow. It looks like George will grow into a huge bull and with time his tusks will look great as well. Is Rex from Oklahoma City Zoo his father?

@Sarus Crane Sorry i''m late, but no. He's Calvin's calf.

@Yi Qi How big (heightwise) is Calvin?

I don't know much about him. Pretty much all my google search results are for Calvin and Hobbes.

@Yi Qi How big do you think Calvin's offspring will grow?

@Sarus Crane Interestingly, George would probably have large and nice tusks, but Calvin had no tusks at all. Calvin died in 2015 at Ostrava Zoo at the age of 29 due to an incurable foot abuse. He was one of the best breeding bulls in the world.

You can see the man holding a bullhook.

@felis silvestris I wouldn't say holding a bullhook is inherently a bad thing. The function of a bullhook is presumably predominantly as a deterrent in case the elephant gets aggressive - which wouldn't be too out of the question given the elephant on the left is a young bull. Bullhooks have been used as a sort of 'punishment' to facilitate training of elephants in circuses, but just because the man is holding one, it doesn't mean its function is to hurt the elephant or that this zoo is unethical in that respect.

@amur leopard oh ok