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Colorado Elk With Tire Around Its Neck For 2 Years Freed
Colorado wildlife officials cut off the elk's five-point antlers because they couldn't slice through the steel in the bead of the tire.

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Colorado wildlife officials cut off the elk's five-point antlers because they couldn't slice through the steel in the bead of the tire.

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A look at some of Patch's best original reporting in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island this week.
A look at some of Patch's best original reporting in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island recently.
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