New bull elk at Pueblo Zoo has a name

(PUEBLO, Colo.) — The Pueblo Zoo asked the community for help naming a new bull elk in December, and now he has a name.

Oswald the elk joined the zoo on Christmas Day, and after a quarantine, he will be joining Ivy and Harley in the Bison & Elk exhibit. The zoo said Oswald is interested in joining the others and can be heard calling out to them.

Courtesy: Pueblo Zoo

Oswald’s team of keepers had narrowed the new bull elk’s name down to several choices–Maxie (Maximilian), Oswald, Floyd, or Bane–and ultimately Oswald won! As a reward for voting on the zoo’s Facebook page, the zoo offered one lucky winner a behind-the-scenes experience with the Zoo’s bison, Cody and CJ.

The winner, Amy Martin Mears, was announced on Thursday, Jan. 9.

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