Elk Kisses
by Jemmy Archer
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Elk Kisses
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Jemmy Archer
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Photograph - Photograph
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Elk Kisses
So touching to see this bull elk (Cervus Canadensis) and his calf share kisses in the golden light of dawn in the Cataloochee area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Elk once roamed the southern Appalachian mountains and elsewhere in the eastern United States. They were eliminated from the region by over-hunting and loss of habitat. The last elk in North Carolina was believed to have been killed in the late 1700s. In Tennessee, the last elk was killed in the mid-1800s. By 1900, the population of elk in North America dropped to the point that hunting groups and other conservation organizations became concerned the species was headed for extinction.
Reintroduction of elk into Great Smoky Mountains National Park began in 2001 when 25 elk were brought from the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area along the Tennessee-Kentucky border.
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August 20th, 2015
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