#elk

#elk

Chainsaw Does Not Deter Needy ElkEnjoy this astonishing video from a forest near Donji Miholjac, Croatia. Most animals would flee at the sound of a chainsaw, but this elk doe gets all up in the woodcutter's business. That's dangerous, but the elk wants his attention, and won't leave until she gets it. Marko Durmisi, who took the video, offers an explanation: he and his buddy with the chainsaw were out the day before and gave food to this doe. She's not going to forget a kindness, nor is she going to let a little thing like a chainsaw interfere with a potential food source.#elk #deer #Croatia #chainsaw

Elk Freed From Tire Around His Neck After Two YearsPeople had reported seeing a bull elk with a tire around it neck to the Colorado Parks & Wildlife department for at least two years, but wildlife officers could never find the elk after a call. Until last week. Following a call, wildlife officers found the victim among a herd of 40 or so elk. But it took four attempts over a week's time to tranquilize the elk with a dart gun. When the herd moved on, officers Dawson Swanson and Scott Murdoch moved in to remove the tire. The young elk had grown since becoming trapped the tire, so it was a tight fit. The tire was steel-belted, so they couldn't just cut it off. They had to remove the elk's antlers to slip the tire over its head. Swanson and Murdoch estimated that the bull elk dropped roughly 35 pounds between the removal of the tire, his antlers and the debris that was inside the tire.“The tire was full of wet pine needles and dirt,” Murdoch said. “So the pine needles, dirt and other debris basically filled the entire bottom half of the tire. There was probably 10 pounds of debris in the tire.”The elk's neck was in remarkably good shape, considering the weight he'd been carrying. However, if he had grown for another year or two, the tire could have proven fatal. His antlers will grow back next year. Read the entire story, and see more pictures, at Colorado Parks & Wildlife. -via Boing Boing (Image credit: Dan Jaynes) #elk #tire #animalrescue