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A young elk wandered into an office building in the German city of Dresden, where it spent several hours – "largely calmly" – before being rescued, police said. | |
The male beast – thought to be a Polish or Czech immigrant – got stuck in the glass-enclosed foyer of a cafe at an office block used by engineering firm Siemens on Monday. | |
Police closed off the area and the elk – weighing an estimated 800kg – remained calm throughout most of its ordeal. | |
Watched by a large crowd, officers and representatives of the Dresden zoo and hunting office tried to coax the elk into a trailer. But after several unsuccessful attempts, they used a tranquilliser so they could hoist it out of the narrow doorway. | |
It was not immediately clear where the elk, thought to be between two and three years old, should end up. | It was not immediately clear where the elk, thought to be between two and three years old, should end up. |
"We cannot have him at the zoo because the fence is not high enough," a zoo spokeswoman said. | "We cannot have him at the zoo because the fence is not high enough," a zoo spokeswoman said. |
The elk had been spotted in the city in recent days and earlier on Monday appeared at the car park of a shopping centre. | |
After a crowd gathered and police were summoned, the animal bolted towards the office building. | |
A spokesman for the forestry authority for Saxony state said the elk had probably come from Poland or the Czech Republic, which border the region. | A spokesman for the forestry authority for Saxony state said the elk had probably come from Poland or the Czech Republic, which border the region. |
"There are various migratory routes that run through Saxony," he said. | "There are various migratory routes that run through Saxony," he said. |
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