Following a two-week-long voting period, the City of Aurora is excited to reveal the name of the new baby elk that was born in early June at the Phillips Park Zoo.
More than 800 votes were cast by the public, as voters chose from five names put together by the City’s Zoo staff, including Chet, Barry, Benji, Kiran, and Asher.
The top vote getter and the new name of Aurora’s baby elk is Benji.
Benji was born to his mother, Aashi, June 6 at 3:30 p.m. at the Zoo. Aashi is about 10 years old and joined the Zoo’s elk herd in April.
Those interested in seeing Benji can visit the Phillips Park Zoo, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, on Thursdays through Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. For more information on Aurora’s Phillips Park Zoo, please visit zoo.aurora.il.us.
—City of Aurora government