By
Parker SeiboldDecember 11, 2022 | updated 4 years ago
Atka the moose is pictured on a recent snowy morning. Atka, now 2 years old, was brought to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo when he was 8 weeks old after his mother was killed during an interaction with a hiker in Alaska. (photos by Parker Seibold, the gazette)
Atka the moose is pictured on a recent snowy morning. Atka, now 2 years old, was brought to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo when he was 8 weeks old after his mother was killed during an interaction with a hiker in Alaska. (photos by Parker Seibold, the gazette)Atka pushes his head through his training panel where Erika Furnes, senior keeper in Rocky Mountain Wild and Atka’s primary trainer, gives him crackers on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (The Gazette, Parker Seibold) (Parker Seibold)This year is only Atka’s second time growing antlers, and he’s still learning how to maneuver with them. As the antlers grow they have a lot of vessels going to them and are a soft material and Atka’s are a little lopsided this year because he broke one. (The Gazette, Parker Seibold) (Parker Seibold)Atka, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s 2-year-old moose, takes a cracker from Erika Furnes, senior keeper in Rocky Mountain Wild and Atka’s primary trainer. (Parker Seibold)Atka the moose licks snow off rocks in his habitat at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (The Gazette, Parker Seibold) (Parker Seibold)Atka the moose in his habitat at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. (Parker Seibold)Atka the moose in his habitat at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (The Gazette, Parker Seibold) (Parker Seibold)Atka the moose in his habitat at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (The Gazette, Parker Seibold) (Parker Seibold)Atka the moose in his habitat at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (The Gazette, Parker Seibold) (Parker Seibold)
