Wapitis sauvages dans le site cataloochee valley, parc national des Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina

• Contributeur: Tim Mainiero / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: BBYRDH
• Taille du fichier: 48 MB (1,3 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 5025 x 3341 px | 42,5 x 28,3 cm | 16,8 x 11,1 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 2009
• Lieu: Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Border of North Carolina and Tenessee, USA

Informations supplémentaires

The experimental release of elk into Great Smoky Mountains National Park began in February, 2001 with the importation of 25 elk. 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.

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