Asian Elephants Duncan and Jake 🐘
Channel: Denver Zoo
Date: 20/05/2023

Happy #EndangeredSpeciesDay! As a wildlife conservation organization, we’re dedicated to conserving countless vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered animals in Colorado and worldwide.  

In honor of Endangered Species Day, we’d like to share an update on Duncan, the newest addition to our Endangered Asian elephant bachelor herd. Thanks to the work of our expert elephant care specialists, nine-year-old Duncan is acclimating wonderfully to his new home in Toyota Elephant Passage. He spent his first day with 53-year-old Groucho to ensure he had the mature male as support to help guide appropriate introductions to the younger elephants. Under Groucho’s guidance, he has since met 14-year-old Chuck and 13-year-old Jake. Duncan and Jake have been spending more one-on-one time together, and you can see them investigating the camera in this video. Our animal care specialists will continue to introduce him to other members of the group as he settles in. 🐘  
 
Duncan's arrival means that we now have the largest all-male Asian elephant herd in North America. Read on to learn the importance of our bachelor herd and how research conducted with our boys is shaping the care of the species around the world. Learn more: https://denverzoo.org/zootales/rowdy-research/ 


Video Credit: Elephant Care Specialist Victoria