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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 elk's five-point antlers to remove the tire because they couldn't 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.