– Cheyenne Mountain Zoo welcomed the newest resident of Rocky Mountain Wild — an 8-week-old male Alaska moose on July 15, 2020. The big-eyed, light brown, long-legged calf was orphaned at about six days old outside of Anchorage, Alaska, when his mother was involved in a fatal human-wildlife conflict. He has since been in the care of Alaska Zoo. Moose are extremely rare in zoos, and this arrival comes only two months after the loss of the Zoo’s beloved 12-year-old Canada moose, Tahoma. This precious moose calf is named “Atka.” Atka, himself, continues to grow, too. He recently weighed in at 685 pounds — that’s nearly 600 pounds heavier than when he first came to CMZoo in July 2020.
