{"id":325110,"date":"2025-12-02T01:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325110\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T01:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T01:17:08","slug":"elk-spotted-with-swing-tangled-in-antlers-in-western-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/325110\/","title":{"rendered":"Elk spotted with swing tangled in antlers in western North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) &#8211; An elk in western North Carolina was freed after a toddler swing became tangled in its antlers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Haywood County Sheriff\u2019s Office posted a photo to Facebook on Sunday, Nov. 30, of the elk, saying they were aware of the animal\u2019s situation and that a state biologist would come up with a plan to free it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"An elk in western North Carolina was found with a toddler swing tangled in its antlers.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4P2HP4DFZNCZDLYPSO23OV4CR4.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>An elk in western North Carolina was found with a toddler swing tangled in its antlers.(Haywood County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Facebook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2025\/01\/08\/rescue-crew-saves-elk-tangled-climbing-rope\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2025\/01\/08\/rescue-crew-saves-elk-tangled-climbing-rope\/\">Rescue crew saves elk tangled in climbing rope<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The animal, they wrote, did not appear to be in immediate danger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On Monday morning, the National Wildlife Resources Commission got to work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The elk was freed by 11 a.m. Deputies wrote that he appeared to be \u201cdoing just fine\u201d and was not harmed by the swing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission officers worked to free an elk spotted in Maggie...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OTKMDDPK4NCB7LUNIGNBFZ4CGU.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission officers worked to free an elk spotted in Maggie Valley with a toddler swing tangled in its antlers.(Haywood County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe are grateful for the quick response and teamwork from NC Wildlife, and we sincerely appreciate our community for reporting concerns and helping us protect these animals,\u201d deputies wrote in a statement online. \u201cThe elk are a special part of Maggie Valley, and we care deeply about their well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The elk, which come from the Cataloochee Valley, are frequently seen in and around Maggie Valley. They are especially active during early morning and late evening. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WBTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) &#8211; An elk in western North Carolina was freed after a toddler swing became&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201,165808],"class_list":["post-325110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife","tag-winter-weather-ice-snow-south"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}