Vienna (AFP) — Austrian authorities have captured a young male elk, known as Emil, wandering near the Czech border after he spent the summer roaming across Central Europe.

The elk was tranquillized on Monday, fitted with a GPS tag, and released back on the Czech border, with Austrian officials saying they would track him for 30 days.

Emil, who is believed to have wandered all the way from Poland or the Czech Republic to Austria, has made international headlines for weeks, with social media posts following his every move.

But Emil’s odyssey came to a sudden halt this week, just as he was approaching a busy motorway in the village of Sattledt in Upper Austria during rush hour.

The young elk was released by wildlife officials near the Czech Sumava national park, on the edge of the Bohemia

See Full Page