The Rescue Board has asked the public to exercise care in the N\u00f5mme area of Tallinn after an elk was spotted roaming around there on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
The emergency center was notified shortly after 9 a.m. this morning that the animal had been spotted on Raudtee t\u00e4nav, a main thoroughfare, and had subsequently taken refuge in the nearby Rahum\u00e4e cemetery, around 6 kilometers south of the city center.<\/p>\n
Rescue officials in conjunction with the Police and Border Guard Board and the Tallinn Municipal Police Department are assessing the situation, and have described the elk as around two years’ age, meaning a young adult, and weighing an estimated 200 kilograms.<\/p>\n
The Rescue Board has recommended pedestrians avoid the area as the elk, as a wild animal, may behave unpredictably, and members of the public are asked not to walk their dogs in the vicinity of the Rahum\u00e4e cemetery.<\/p>\n
Drivers are also asked to exercise caution when driving in the Rahum\u00e4e area, as the animal could potentially leap into the road without warning.<\/p>\n
When encountering an elk, people should move away from it in a calm manner. Sightings in urban areas or in any location away from an elk’s normal habitat can be called in on the state information hotline on 1247. Operators speak English.<\/p>\n
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