Wildlife officers on Monday caught and relocated a lost elk that was wandering around the Denver area, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Related Articles Colorado News | Jeffco planning commission casts unanimous vote against proposed 250-acre Conifer bike park Colorado News | Opinion: We elect people to make laws like Prop. 129. Vote no. Colorado News | Opinion: How a controversial poison found in Roundup saved Utah Lake Colorado News | Neighbors in Denver’s West Washington Park transform their yards into native-plant havens Colorado News | Colorado will get its next batch of wolves for reintroduction effort from outside U.S. The elk was first spotted west of Denver over the weekend and seemed to be making a loop around the metro area, visiting homes in Lakewood, Denver and Englewood before CPW officers caught him, according to a post on social media from CPW. “He was in a bad place for elk and close to some highways, so we stepped in to help,” CPW officials said in the post. CPW officers darted and blindfolded the lost elk before loading him up in a trailer for relocation, according to the post.