Emil the Elk caught after long summer on the loose in Central Europe

He's travelled roads and forded streams but Emil the elk's wanderings have now come to an end in Austria.

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The elk, nicknamed Emil, was tranquilised by Austrian wildlife officials on Monday after straying dangerously close to a motorway near the village of Sattledt, Upper Austria.

He was fitted with a GPS tag and released on the Czech-Austrian border, on the edge of the Sumava forest of South Bohemia.

It was unclear whether the operation was carried out in co-ordination with the Czech authorities.

The Sumava is home to an estimated population of 10-20 elk, and it is hoped Emil will join them, rather than continue his perambulations.