The lead in to the article makes it sound as if the Mountie was just shooting a moose for the he** of it. He was, instead, rendering a service to the moose who would most certainly have died an extremely painful death had the Mountie not shot it.
‘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.” ‘
Whatever rounds he was using, weren’t very effective.