Elk with car tire around its neck for two years is finally free

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Elk with car tire around its neck for two years is finally free
“I am just grateful to be able to work in a community that values out [sic] state’s wildlife resource,” a wildlife officer said.
By
Jenna Romaine | Oct. 12, 2021
(Courtesy of Dan Jaynes near Conifer, Colo.)

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A Colorado bull elk spent two years with a tire around its neck.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife were finally able to track down the elk and remove the tire on Saturday.
The tire had been filled with close to 10 lbs. of pine needles and debris.

An elk in Colorado is finally free after having had a car tire stuck around its neck for two years.

Since first receiving reports of an elk with a tire around its neck in July 2019 in Pine, Colo., officers with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) have attempted to tranquilize the 4-year-old bull elk four previous times so they could remove the tire, but all had been unsuccessful until Saturday.

“I am just grateful to be able to work in a community that values out [sic] state’s wildlife resource,” office Dawson Swanson said in a press release. “I was able to quickly respond to a report from a local resident regarding a recent sighting of this bull elk in their neighborhood. I was able to locate the bull in question along with a herd of about 40 other elk.”

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https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/576303-elk-with-car-tire-around-its-neck-for-two-years

[milestogo]

1. They called him Ringer.

[roamer65]

8. Better than a dead ringer.

Glad he finally got that weight off his shoulders.

[milestogo]

13. ...

[spooky3]

2. Run free, sweetie! Nt

[4Q2u2]

3. My Money

Is on him in the Rut. He has been carrying around that extra weight for two years, his neck is going to be rock solid.

[panader0]

4. Best news of the day so far.

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

[Polly Hennessey]

6. They should have called Dr. Oakley.

[FakeNoose]

7. Don't elk have large antlers?

I'd have thought this guy's antlers would make it impossible to toss off that tire. Probably the park wardens needed to cut the tire off. I'm glad they were finally able to do it.

[jmowreader]

9. They cut his antlers off

That’s okay, because ungulates shed their antlers every year. He’ll grow a new set over the winter.

And you’ll like this: my family owns a Boone and Crockett record book (which records the largest antlered animals killed by hunters, by state and species) because my late father is in it, and one of the things it lists is where the rack was collected. There are quite a few “picked up” notations, indicating the person reporting picked up a set of shed antlers off the ground and the animal they belonged to is still walking around.

[Doodley]

10. A sensible precaution to carry a spare, but I bet it made him tire-d.

[maxsolomon]

11. don't get shot now, mr. elk

it is huntin' season.

[lame54]

12. Wonder if he's pissed 'cause they took his bling