野生大公鹿卡脖戴轮胎700天 追踪两年麻醉卸项圈
来源：ETtoday
10/14/2021
美国科罗拉多公园(Colorado Parks)的野生动物管理员默多克(Scott Murdoch)，自2019年便开始追踪一头颈部卡轮胎的野生加拿大公鹿，因公鹿活动力强、难以追踪，过了两年才成功将牠麻醉，取下轮胎。
据丹佛邮报(The Denver Post)报导，野生动物管理员默多克表示，「两年前（2019年），我们就发现这头4岁半的加拿大公鹿，脖子上卡了一个废弃轮胎。牠无法自行取下，就这样挂了两年多。」他也表示，因为年轻的公鹿活动力旺盛，白天难以追踪，夜晚反而较容易观察行踪。
Oct 13, 2021
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers were able to free a bull elk that for over two years had a tire around its neck. Thanks to the residents who reported its location, wildlife officers tranquilized that elk and removed the tire. Wildlife officer Scott Murdoch talks about that rescue in this video.
默多克也强调，在麻醉公鹿后，原本是要将轮胎锯断后取下，但轮胎内的钢钉成了过程中的最大阻碍，「若有办法不伤害公鹿同时能取下轮胎，我们当然会做到，但世事难料，如同轮胎内的钢钉。」
报导最后提及，默多克在9日晚上和道森·斯旺森(Dawson Swanson)一同将鹿角锯断后，成功将轮胎取下，「虽然让鹿角留下小小的伤口，除此之外这头公鹿看起来很好！」
脖子套着16公斤轮胎活了两年! 这只鹿终于被追到
文章来源: 英国那些事儿
10/13/2021
12 日，科罗拉多公园及野生动物部门（CPW）在推特账号上发了条帖子说，
上周六晚上，他们解救了一只脖子上套着轮胎的雄性麋鹿。
对于 CPW 的工作人员来说，这只特殊的麋鹿其实是位 ” 老熟人 ” 了。
第一次发现它是 2019 年 7 月，当时工作人员正在该州埃文斯山荒野地区，对落基山大角羊和雪羊的种群进行调研，
无意当中观察到有一只麋鹿不太对劲儿，仔细一看才发现：
它的脖子上怎么挂着一只轮胎？！
因为鹿角会卡住轮胎，麋鹿自己不能把轮胎弄下来。
据专家分析，这次被发现的麋鹿还很年轻，会继续长身体，
随着它不断长大，轮胎可能变得越来越勒，妨碍它吃饭、喝水和呼吸，对健康造成影响。
更坏的情况是，这是一只雄性麋鹿，它脖子上套轮胎可能会被其他野生动物看作 ” 有侵略性 “，
也许，会有其他公麋鹿来找他打架，导致它丧命。
CPW 的发言人介绍说，当地护林员经常看到野生动物被人类用品缠住，
比吊床、节日彩灯、绳索、晾衣绳、球网，还有家具、鸡笼、洗衣篮，以及类似的轮胎，这种情况并不算少见。
他们借此机会提醒大家，用过的东西千万不要乱丢，会给无辜的野生动物造成很多不必要的麻烦和伤害。
CPW 的工作人员也希望能捉住这只麋鹿，帮它把轮胎弄下来，
不过麋鹿跟随它的种群一直在迁移，不可能乖乖待在原地等着人来捉，抓住它并非易事。
很快一年过去了，去年 8 月，CPW 在推特上发帖，更新了这只麋鹿的近况。
在过去若干个月里，他们安置在野外的摄像头多次捕捉到它的身影，
但等人们看到视频再去找，就已经错过了。
CPW 想让大家积极提供线索，万一发现这只麋鹿，赶快联系 CPW。
同时也告诫那些因为担心、恨不得自己去救麋鹿的网友，没有动物保护经验的普通人这样做非常危险，这份差事还要让专业人士来完成。
结果又过了一年多，上周，CPW 的工作人员终于再次追踪到这只可怜的麋鹿。
这次能发现它，还是轮胎起了作用，
挂在脖子上让这只麋鹿显得体格更大，很容易就能从一群麋鹿中找到它。
过去一周时间里，他们尝试了四次抓捕，终于在周六的尝试中成功，用麻醉药将麋鹿麻翻捉住。
工作人员原计划把轮胎锯断，从麋鹿脖子上拆下来，
可近距离一看才发现，轮胎内侧还带着钢圈，他们手头的工具无法锯断这种坚固的材料。
时间紧迫，再拖下去不知又会发生什么意外情况，
工作人员只能无奈决定，将这只麋鹿的鹿角锯下，
这才把轮胎从它脖子上摘下来。
据工作人员观察，这只麋鹿现在大概有 4 岁半，体重 270 公斤，
从脖子上拆下的轮胎和七七八八的零件碎片，加起来就有 16 公斤，
它就这样脖子上挂着 16 公斤的重物，生活了两年。
有一点比较庆幸，
工作人员检查后发现，虽然被轮胎摩擦了两年，但麋鹿的脖子上没有严重的伤口，
这里磨掉一些毛，那里有几个小伤口，都没有大碍。
经过这次解救，这只倒霉的麋鹿终于重获自由，
CPW 的工作人员也放心了，不用再担心轮胎对它的健康造成威胁。
得知好消息后，很多网友们给工作人员的努力点赞，
但也有一些人提出质疑，觉得还是应该锯轮胎而不是锯鹿角。
为什么不锯断轮胎而锯鹿角呀。太蠢了，这样会给动物造成痛苦。
认真的吗？如今这个工业时代，他们说没有工具能切断轮胎？
太难过了，他们锯掉了鹿角。没有合适的设备也太离谱了吧。我觉得它现在可能没机会交配了。可怜的家伙。
其实当时时间紧急，工作人员综合考虑了情况，才做出 ” 锯掉鹿角 ” 这个决定的，
CPW 也很快发帖解释了这个问题。
野生动物工作人员尝试过切割轮胎里的钢圈，但没能成功。
他们当然也想锯轮胎，把鹿角留着给它，
但情况随时可能生变，无论用什么办法他们都得先把轮胎弄下来。
也有网友帮忙解释：
鹿角每年都会重新长的。
麋鹿可是很难援救的 … 它们可能会弄死你 …
总之，锯掉鹿角是没办法的办法，工作人员权衡利弊后才做出这个决定，鹿角以后还能长。
而且大家也明白，这只麋鹿丢掉鹿角的原因，终究还是因为人类的行为：
” 这是人们应该停止乱扔垃圾的又一个理由。”
” 解救 ” 是个治标不治本的办法，
人们不改掉随意丢弃垃圾的毛病，就还会有其他无辜的动物受到伤害 ……
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Wildlife officers free elk that was roaming with tire around its neck for more than two years
Associated Press
10/13/2021
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 finally been freed of the obstruction.
The 4 1/2-year-old, 600-pound (270-kilogram) bull elk was spotted near Pine Junction, southwest of Denver, on Saturday evening and tranquilized, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Officers with the agency had to cut off the elk’s five-point antlers to remove the encumbrance because they couldn’t slice through the steel in the bead of the tire.
Even after cutting the antlers off, “It was tight removing it,” Officer Scott Murdoch said. “We would have preferred to cut the tire and leave the antlers for his rutting activity, but the situation was dynamic and we had to just get the tire off in any way possible,” Murdoch added.
He and fellow officer Dawson Swanson estimated the elk shed about 35 pounds (16 kilograms) with the removal of the tire, the antlers and debris inside the tire. “The tire was full of wet pine needles and dirt,” Murdoch said. “So the pine needles, dirt and other debris basically filled the entire bottom half of the tire. There was probably 10 pounds of debris in the tire.”
The officers said that despite the fact that the elk had been wearing the tire for years, they were surprised by the relative good condition of the animal’s neck.
“The hair was rubbed off a little bit, there was one small open wound maybe the size of a nickel or quarter, but other than that it looked really good,” Murdoch said.
Saturday’s successful removal mission came on the fourth attempt just that week to tranquilize the elusive elk. “Tranquilizer equipment is a relatively short-range tool and given the number of other elk moving together along with other environmental factors, you really need to have things go in your favor to have a shot or opportunity pan out,” Swanson said. “It was not until shortly before dark that everything came together and I was able to hit the bull with the dart.”
Wildlife officers first spotted the elk with the tire around its neck in July 2019 while conducting a population survey for Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep and mountain goats in the Mount Evans Wilderness. “…this elk was difficult to find, and harder to get close to,” officers noted.
They suspect the now freed elk got stuck with the tire either when it was young before it grew antlers or during the winter when it shed its antlers.
Officials said they have seen deer, elk, moose, bears and other wildlife become entangled in a number of items, including swing sets, hammocks, clotheslines, decorative or holiday lighting, furniture, tomato cages, chicken feeders, laundry baskets, soccer goals and volleyball nets.
Officers said this case served as a reminder for residents to keep their property free of objects that can harm wildlife.
KTVU contributed to this story.
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