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Blue has had the blue swing removed!!!!

PGC officer just called me!!! They also received a call from someone Saturday who saw him in Hollywood. He said that the word is out about "Blue" in Clearfield and Elk county. They really need to find him because of the way the swing is hanging down so low and is endangering him.
 
PLEASE!!!! If anyone see's him call the PGC right away!!!

Production Company Films Elk in PA Wilds

On February 11, 2015 the Steve Rotfeld Production Company (SRP) was in Benezette to film an episode of the adventure series "Wild About Animals". The subject of this program was the Pennsylvania elk herd. The morning began with a report of a bull elk located in Scattertown with a swing entangled in his antlers. Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) personnel tranquilized the elk and removed the entangeled swing and attached a radio collar around his neck. The purpose of the collar is to allow the PGC to monitor the movements and behavoir of the elk herd. The activities were recorded and can be seen on "Wild About Animals"

The filming schedule included interviews with Colleen Shanon, PGC Land and Elk Habitat Manager, and Jeremy Banfield, PGC Elk Biologist. The backdrop for the interviews was the Elk Country Visitor Center managed by the Keystone Country Elk Alliance. CEO Rawley Cogan was interviewed as part of the program at the Visitor Center. The crew then interviewed Paul Staniszewski, a local elk photographer and Pennsylvania Wilds Artisan. He mentioned that in the years that he has been roaming the hills around Benezette photographing elk the thing that impressed him most was
the accomplishments of several state agencies. The PA Game Commission, Fish & Boat Commission, Environment Protection Agency, and the Department of Conservation Natural Resources all collaborated to take this land decimated by strip mining and transformed it into a viable habitat for elk. The result is that Benezette is now a popular tourist destination with hundreds of thousands visitors to the area every year.. Additionally he is most appreciative of the hospitality of local residents that give him an opportunity to photograph these majestic animals and share their beauty with others.

"Wild About Animals", hosted by Emmy Award winning actress Mariette Hartley, travels the globe to bring viewers fascinating stories about a variety of animals in their natural environment. SRP is an Emmy Award winning production and national broadcast syndication company. Since its inception in 1985, its programs have appeared on TLC, ESPN, ESPN Classic, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, and other national and international venues.

Bill Watts, Associate Producer for SRP, noted that he was impressed with level cooperation, accomodation, and hospitality exhibited by everyone involved and that this assured the success of this project. Individuals interested in learning about the elk are invited to refer to their cable television scheduling guide and view the upcoming program.

This program will bring national and international attention to the value of our elk herd, introducing viewers to this state treasure and the beauty of this wild and scenic part of Pennsylvania.

Paul Staniszewski

This elk walked by my window, so I walked outside to look at him. He has a blue child's swing wrapped around his antlers. He took off towards the Elk County line. If you see him, I named him Blue.
 

 

LC is snuggled up in MY snuggie!!!
 

 

You are completely wrong... The elk are native to Pennsylvania and the herd was completely decimated in the early 1900's and then reintroduced by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
So now by your thinking the PGC needs to be held financially responsible for all the damage done to vehicles that hit deer.  Especially those off the reservation.  You must be new to this part of
PA because vehicles hitting deer is a common occurrence.  And thirdly, this thread is about beautiful elk photographs and not your sob story about the damage done to your vehicle by hitting deer.

You are completely wrong... The elk are native to Pennsylvania and the herd was completely decimated in the early 1900's and then reintroduced by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
So now by your thinking the PGC needs to be held financially responsible for all the damage done to vehicles that hit deer.  Especially those off the reservation.  You must be new to this part of
PA because vehicles hitting deer is a common occurrence.  And thirdly, this thread is about beautiful elk photographs and not your sob story about the damage done to your vehicle by hitting deer.