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An elk that spent at least two years roaming the Colorado wilderness with a tire around its neck is finally free of the encumbrance after wildlife officers removed it.

Wildlife officers in Colorado had to cut off the elks five-point antlers to remove the tire because they couldnt slice through the steel in the bead of the tire.

Two years is too long to have a tire around your neck.

US wildlife officers finally shot it with a tranquilliser gun, sawed off its antlers and removed the tyre that had been around its neck for roughly half its life.

A bull elk that had a tire stuck around its neck for more than two years was finally set free Saturday, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

A bull elk who had a tire around its neck for more two years was freed from it by wildlife officers Saturday evening, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a news release Monday.

PINE, Colo. -- Wildlife officials in Colorado say an elusive elk that has been wandering the hills with a car tire around its neck for at least two years has...

Wildlife officials in Colorado say an elk that had a tire around its neck for two years near Pine Junction, southwest of Denver, has finally been freed.

Wildlife officials in Colorado say an elk that had a tire around its neck for two years near Pine Junction, southwest of Denver, has finally been freed.

PINE, Colo. (AP) — Wildlife officials in Colorado say an elusive elk that has been...