This 4-year old bull elk was mutilated only 100 feet
from the farmhouse and the area was surrounded by a 10 foot high page wire
fence. The main herd of elk, about 300 to 400 head, was about 3 miles
away. You would think that anybody wishing to mutilate an animal
undisturbed would not have chosen the one animal that was close to the
farmhouse.
I did
not investigate this case personally, but I did talk to the ranchers
directly and studied the photographs. It appears to be a typical
mutilation. One eye was missing and the tongue was removed. There was a
large incision on the abdomen. There was no blood on the ground or the
surrounding fur.
Report by Fernand Belzil.
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