The elk was spotted in the middle of a busy intersection in Colorado, with around 30 feet of fencing tangled in its antlers.

A bull elk with mesh fencing entangled in his antlers was tranquilized near a busy traffic intersection in Estes Park, where police and wildlife officers freed the beast of his burden.

Measuring 3.5 metres from tip to tip, the antlers of the extinct Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) were the largest of any deer ever – but it is no longer completely clear why they grew to such ...

Elk breeding season — when bull elks start getting their antlers trapped in ropes, swings, hammocks and netting — is almost here, and elk in Colorado are already getting themselves into trouble.

Deer almost break their bodies to build antlers each year, and scientists still don’t really know why.

A bull elk with mesh fencing entangled in his antlers was tranquilized near a busy traffic intersection in Estes Park, where police and wildlife officers freed the beast of his burden.

A bull elk carried around a huge circular rope swing stuck on his antlers for six months in Colorado, wildlife officials say. Officials opted to let him be as long as he was able to move freely to ...

During elk breeding season in Colorado, male elk rub their antlers on various surfaces. Sometimes they end up stuck.

A bull elk carried around a huge circular rope swing stuck on his antlers for six months in Colorado, wildlife officials say. Officials opted to let him be as long as he was able to move freely to ...

Elk breeding season — when bull elks start getting their antlers trapped in ropes, swings, hammocks and netting — is almost here, and elk in Colorado are already getting themselves into trouble.

A bull elk carried around a huge circular rope swing stuck on his antlers for six months in Colorado, wildlife officials say. Officials opted to let him be as long as he was able to move freely to ...

During elk breeding season in Colorado, male elk rub their antlers on various surfaces. Sometimes they end up stuck.