Carrot-loving bull elk delights Montreal toddler

Montrealer David Freiheit had only seen three wild deer in his life before visitingParc Omega, a drive-through safari park just north of Montebello, 140 kilometres west of Montreal.

Freiheit captured a video of his two daughters, aged 2 1/2 and 6, feeding a bull elk also known as a wapiti that poked its sizeable head right through the rear open window of the family vehicle.

The family was headed to Montebello for the weekend, and when Freiheitsaw the sign for the park, hedecided to stop on the way.

"I never knew the place existed," Freiheitsaid. "It was awesome. The girls loved it."

After buying a one-kilogrambag of carrots at the entrance to the park and driving in, Freiheit saidthe car was "swarmed by animals."

"We had to make sure not to use them all up at the beginning," he said about their carrot supply."We kept some for the animals at the end, too."