An elk walks into a veterinarian's backyard - too good :-)

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http://www.abc40.com/story/33012797/elk-snagged-in-tire-swing-roams-into-az-veterinarians-yard
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An elk in distress knew right where to go to for help. It wandered into the yard of an Arizona veterinarian.

Debera Butler, DVM, visiting her place in the high country, wasn’t expecting a house call.

But that’s what happened at her home in Pine Saturday morning.

“It started before 8 a.m.,” Butler said in a phone interview Sunday morning. Butler is a small animal doctor not used to working on big game.

“I was on my back patio and I took a double take,” she said. “I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me.”

The elk that suddenly appeared at her home had its antlers entangled in rope and a tire from a swing.

But that's not all. There was also part of a tree limb the swing was attached to. It was hanging off the rope and every time the animal moved, the wood smacked him in the face.

“It was breaking my heart. The tire was on one side and this huge log was on the other side and this log was going back and forth smacking him in the face,” Butler said.

Butler’s instincts kicked in. She knew she had to do something to help out.

So began a 12-hour ordeal.