Editor,

There is a magnificent Roosevelt elk that has resided for the past two years on North Whidbey near Strawberry Point/Mariners Cove.

The animal evidently swam across Saratoga Passage, leaving the herd that roams the mountains above Mount Vernon.

Although the animal is a pleasure to see and does very limited damage to the local gardens and fruit trees, this animal needs to be with a natural herd where his linage can be preserved.

Staying on Whidbey will only result in an accidental encounter with an automobile, which could easily be very serious for the automobile occupants.

I’m writing with the hope that one of the Whidbey News-Times readers may be aware of an agency, group or government agency that could facilitate the animal’s relocation.

Thank you.

Jim White
Oak Harbor