Wildlife officers in Colorado have finally freed an elk that's been carrying around a tire for the last two years.
- The 4-year-old bull elk was first spotted in 2019, with a rubber tire around its neck. It's since shown up on trail cameras, but officers were never able to get close to the animal.
- But over the weekend, they were finally able to track down the elk, tranquilize it, and remove the tire - which was filled with debris and weighed a total of 35 pounds.
- Once the tire was removed, the elk was back on its feet "within a matter of minutes", officers say.
- How do you think the elk got stuck in the tire in the first place? What's the largest animal you've seen in the wild?
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