Weird news: Elk relocated after having sex with cow in public

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:38:00 +0000

The Star reports that a bull elk, a massive creature that rancher Greg Messner estimates to weigh about half a ton, has been relocated from 100 Mile Ranch in Canada's western province of British Columbia because it became a dangerous distraction. Messner explains that elk are rare in the area -- a passersby dubbed it "The Elk." “It’s kind of like the Queen,” Messner said. “There’s only one of them.”

The Elk had apparently taken a fancy to Messner's herd of cows, a romance that evolved gradually over the past three years. He told the Star, “He stuck around for a couple of days the first year,” said Messner. “Then last year, he was just hanging around again for a couple of weeks and not really doing anything, just hanging around and looking at the cows. This year, he decided to go for it." The Star writes:

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Weird news: Elk relocated after having sex with cow in public