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[loxodonta]

It's going to be Jack's or his son Callee

 

[Elephantelephant]

It's going to be Jack's or his son Callee

In that case, the male would not be so genetically valuable because his genes are already well represented in America. I think it will be a female because most of Jackson's calves are females.

 

[Hyak_II]

Something's telling me it's not a Jack or Callee calf. I see their names being tosses around a lot when it comes to AI, but I feel like a lot of it is just speculation.

I distinctly feel like the sire to this pregnancy is a more...northern based bull.

 

[loxodonta]

Doubt it was a "northern bull". Timing doesn't match

 

[MidwestFan]

Something's telling me it's not a Jack or Callee calf. I see their names being tosses around a lot when it comes to AI, but I feel like a lot of it is just speculation.

I distinctly feel like the sire to this pregnancy is a more...northern based bull.

What do you define as a "northern based bull?"

 

[SharkFinatic]

Mikki's been lactating.

Louisville Zoo elephant baby watch: Here's the latest with Mikki's pregnancy

 

[Elephantelephant]

Mikki's been lactating.

Louisville Zoo elephant baby watch: Here's the latest with Mikki's pregnancy

I can not wait!!!

 

[nczoofan]

Mikki's been lactating.

Louisville Zoo elephant baby watch: Here's the latest with Mikki's pregnancy

A very exciting birth. Obviously hoping for the best, I just wish the calf could grow up with a herd of African elephants.

 

[SharkFinatic]

The calf has finally been born, and it's a bull.

So adorable! Baby elephant born at Louisville Zoo

 

[Yi Qi]

The calf has finally been born, and it's a bull.

HALLELUJAH! This would already be monumental if it were a cow, but a bull in these troubling times in the AZA is phenomenal!

 

[SharkFinatic]

The elephant calf is finally on display.

WATCH: Baby elephant makes public debut at Louisville Zoo

 

[MidwestFan]

The elephant calf is finally on display.

WATCH: Baby elephant makes public debut at Louisville Zoo

Any word on who the sire is?

 

[SharkFinatic]

Any word on who the sire is?

I don't think they've said who his father is yet.

 

[Elephantelephant]

The calf's father has not yet been published and may not even know him yet. But there was some speculation that Jackson could be the father.

 

[Milwaukee Man]

The elephant calf has received his name: Fitz.

Louisville Zoo's baby elephant finally has a name

 

[Grizzly Hound]

In the Islands section the Penguin Coast inside the Islands Pavilion is now a home for African Penguins.

 

[drill]

In the Islands section the Penguin Coast inside the Islands Pavilion is now a home for African Penguins.

Replacing the Little blue penguins?

 

[Grizzly Hound]

No, it replaced the Rockhopper Penguins in the Islands Pavilion.

 

[Elephantus]

The father (sire) of the male African Elephant calf Fitz is Jackson. Jackson lives at Pittsburgh Zoo's International Conservation Center in Somerset, Pennsylvania.


www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2019/11/21/louisville-zoo-baby-elephant-father-fitz-elephant-identified/4262760002/