These are rare, native, endemic to California. Tule elk. They are a symbol of this area. Yet right behind this fence, 152 animals were allowed to die during a drought.” ...

News Environment New study illuminates California’s elk heritage ... Herds of Roosevelt elk roam the landscape at the 3,181-acre Lost Coast Redwoods property near Rockport, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2021.

The species, native to California, is known as the smallest elk species in North America, yet male adult bulls still average between 450 and 700 pounds. Now, 315 elk live in the Tomales Point area ...

When Diesel the donkey ran away on a hike near his home outside Sacramento, California, five years ago, his owners assumed the worst. “He’s not aggressive, he’s a lover,” Terrie Drewry ...