The baby is doing very well, as is Rose-Tu! She is starting to take to motherhood very well. The two are together 24 hours now, and she is doing all the things that an elephant mom should.
They have spent a few sessions outside in the elephant's back exhibit yard, under very controlled conditions, and have met at least one of the other cows. Shine showed very little interest in the calf, staying on the other side of the yard most of the time.
The keepers have suggested names, and now the public has the opportunity to vote on them:
http://www.oregonzoo.org/Voter/vote_form.cfm
Bao, Duc, Hugo-Tu, and Samutra. Hugo-Tu is another homage to Hugo, who we lost last year, and the baby's mother and grandmother, Me-Tu. I really don't like the idea of -Tu becoming a surname for our elephants.
I get the feeling the keepers like the last name, simply so they can just call him Sam.
Of course, they already have some names for him, but none that you would ask the public to vote for!