He would have just been another elk. I think all penalties should be the same for all elk, not to single out one individual and give him the works and just spank the next one's hand for the same crime. If we could get this kind of out cry from the public every time a drunk driver kills someone, maybe we could get the useless drunk drivers off the street, or the drug peddelers. People seem to forget that these other crimes deal with human lives, maybe even you own, or your kids. Let's put priorties straight.
Human life is the most important commodity on the face of the earth.
Lets put more store in them and less in some communities pet, that should never have been made a pet to start with. That is still a wild animal and should be treated as all wild animals. The penalty should be stiff, but lets check where we are headed when animal life means more that human lives.