Posted on 11/15/2009 2:49:47 PM PST by Daffynition
OTTAWA — Canada’s newly armed border guards have claimed their first victim: a hapless moose.
The creature was felled by the duty sidearm of a border officer in late August, newly disclosed documents show.
The incident — marking the first time a border-guard sidearm has been discharged on duty — occurred about 25 kilometres west of Creston, B.C., as an unidentified intelligence officer with the Canada Border Services Agency was driving on official business to Nelson, B.C.
The officer was behind an RCMP vehicle when both drivers spotted an injured moose struggling in the westbound lane of Highway 3.
The animal had suffered serious injuries to the rear legs and pelvis, and was crawling forward into the eastbound lane using its front legs.
The RCMP constable decided to put the moose out of its misery and prevent a possible highway accident, say documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act.
The constable discharged his pistol twice into the moose’s head, which brought the animal to a stop but did not kill it.
The Mountie “then requested that (the) CBSA intelligence officer ... euthanize the moose based on his known familiarity with livestock,” says an official report into the incident.
The border services officer “discharged one round from his CBSA duty pistol into the head of the moose, resulting in the death of the animal.”
The carcass was then removed from the flow of traffic.
An internal review of the Aug. 26 incident, required whenever a sidearm is even drawn, absolved the officer of any wrongdoing, noting that he was requested by a police officer to assist and that the injured moose was a serious threat to traffic.
“The drawing, pointing and discharge of the duty firearm by officer ... was justified,” the review concluded.
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*LOL*
I’m sorry to hear that. I’m waiting for my turn. One evening on our road, SIX of them jumped out at me at different times all along the way...it was like I was in some freakin’ video game!
Hope your truck will be OK. Glad YOU are! :)
Ahhh...Romance de Moose!
That Mountie popped a crawling fatally injured moose twice in the head point blank and still couldn’t kill him? I’m guessing he’s going to be hearing about this one for a long time to come.
“Nice shooting, eh?”
“Oh, shut up!”
Hardly a victim of the border guards. They put it out of its misery. It would have been my call, unhappy as I might have been to have to do it. I probably would feel worse to let the thing suffer on in that condition and have a bear or pack of wolves go after it with a lot less mercy than a bullet.
After close examination I had to admit, that was the one that bit my sister.........The bastard is finally dead!
I know that they are very dangerous animals but except for dogs and cats they’ve been my favorite animal since I was a kid. I’m fascinated by them.
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