Egon the gentle elk wins reprieve from hunters

[Kellanved]

AACHEN - Egon the gentle elk that has been grazing his way through people's flower beds and vegetable patches all summer in a Rhineland village has won a reprieve and will not be picked off by hunters - for now.

The handsome young 10-point buck, which left the woodlands and decided the flowers in front gardens and window boxes in the village of Einruhr were more to his liking, has at last won over the hearts of local residents. But that was only after a number of vocal complainers persuaded forestry officials to put Egon at the top of a list of three elk to be culled when hunting season opens in August.

That was because Egon had munched his way through a few too many people's yards and gardens all spring and summer.
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Asked why the pair are called Egon and Paul, one resident told a television reporter, "Well, Egon sort of looks like someone who would be called Egon, doesn't he?" The TV camera showed a 10-point elk munching on wildflowers and eyeing the camera dolefully. "And the other one is more Paul-like, don't you think?" the resident said as the camera zoomed in on an elk that looked identical to the one called Egon, except that it was smaller and had fewer antler points.
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http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=9249

[Salmo Trutta]

1. More properly...

Egon is a Red Stag. Same species, different name.

[WillParkinson]

2. When man and wildlife get together...

Wildlife always seems to come out the loser.