Drought affects Mo. elk herd

Kurt Schilligo — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:53:20 +0000

Drought and stressful moving conditions are killing off some reintroduced elk in the Missouri Ozarks.

Missouri's elk population settling in

Marshall Griffin — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:09:15 +0000

Missouri’s elk population appears to be settling into their new home state, according to state conservation officials.

Dr. Joseph Millspaugh updated the Missouri Conservation Commission Friday on the state’s elk herd, which he said seems to be doing well.

“Evidence of survival rates [and] reproductive rates that are average to high, we see diet quality certainly within the range of what we would expect…the stress response: nothing there that is indicative of a problem,” said Millspaugh.