SWEET, Idaho — Dogs are the animals known as man’s best friend but in Sweet, Idaho, that animal happens to be an elk.

They call him “Elliot the Elk,” and he has made the town of Sweet his home for about two years. That was until Idaho Fish and Game relocated him to Bear Meadows in the Sawtooth National Forest.

“As the animal matured we knew it was gonna be a problem,” Evan Oneale, a spokesperson of Idaho Fish and Game said.

A Sweet resident said there were differing opinions of Elliot.

“Elliot should’ve never been put in the position that he’s been put in,” Kim Newman said. “He ended up relying on people…