Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium's bull elephant is daddy for eighth time

The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium's prolific bull elephant is a father for the eighth time, the zoo confirmed Friday.

Jackson's latest offspring is a 251-pound female born at the Hogle Zoo in Utah on Monday. She and her mother, Christie, are doing well.

Last year, Jackson became father to two calves at the Pittsburgh Zoo, females Angeline and Zuri. He's father to two of the zoo's other elephants, Victoria, born in 1999, and Callee, born in 2000. He's sired calves at Disney's Animal Kingdom and the Louisville Zoo.

Jackson is one of two active breeding African bull elephants in the United States, according to the Pittsburgh Zoo. He lives at the zoo's 724-acre International Conservation Center in Somerset County.