Posted on 12/22/2022 10:51:22 AM PST by Red Badger
VIDEO AT LINK...........
Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Wildlife officers and firefighters in Washington came to the rescue of a mother moose that fell through the ice covering a frozen river.
Paula Pershall-Gilbert said she and her husband, Bill Gilbert, spotted the moose struggling in the frigid water of the Little Spokane River from the back porch of their home in Elk.
The couple contacted the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, but officials said they initially thought the situation sounded too risky to mount a rescue.
"We initially said we wouldn't attempt a rescue because wild animals, cold weather and water are a recipe for a human to get hurt," WDFD Communications Manager Staci Lehman told KHQ-TV.
An officer was sent to assess the situation and, after consulting with the Pend Oreille Fire Department, determined a rescue could be attempted.
"It was tense," Pershall-Gilbert told KXLY-TV of the rescue. "It was so hard. It was just prayerful, all the time."
The rescuers worked for over five hours before they managed to lasso the moose and clear a path through the ice to pull the animal to shore.
The moose rested for about 10 minutes on shore before walking off and rejoining its calf, which had been watching from nearby.
Whose sister did it bite?
It apparently saw Avatar: The Way of Water and thought it could do the same.................
Okay,I first read the headline as mouse and I thought “why are they rescuing a mouse from a river?”
Doh.🥴
Just here for the moose jokes…
Mouses Lives Matter!...................
lol...My thought was...Did he bite anyone?
Looks like a chocolate moose.
Yaaay! The moose is safe! We just aborted another 1,000 human babies. But the moose is all good!!
There’s no need to fear....🤪
Most excellent.
I love meeses to pieces.
Good result, bad video. Needs less talk and more details of the actual rescue.
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