Debera Butler could not believe it. She looked out her window and there the poor guy was: an elk stuck in a tire swing and a log. The elk moaned and groaned as he tried to free himself. The log dangled from his antlers and hit him in the face. The guy was a mess, but wandered into the perfect backyard.
You see, Butler happens to be a veterinarian. Although she had never worked with an animal this big, especially not a wild elk, the vet from Pine, AZ, knew she had to step up to the plate.
"I literally had to take a double take because I thought I am not seeing what I think I'm seeing," Debera Butler said. "And literally this poor guy had a tire swing all hung, tangled into his antlers."
Butler grabbed some tools from her home and got to work. She placed corn on a tree stump to the distract the distressed animal. As he ate, Butler clipped away at the tire and log.
The elk let her get a little work done then backed away in fear. Butler didn't give up, she talked the wild animal down and kept him calm.
After some time, he took a nap and Butler was able to get the most work done. However, it wasn't a quick job by any means. Freeing the elk took a whopping 12 hours.
"He was free. It was amazing. He ate a couple of bites of corn, then he said, 'See ya!'" Butler said.
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