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White moose spared bullets
www.aftenposten.no ^ | 19 Sep 2007, 13:59 | Aftenposten English Web Desk / NTB

Posted on 09/21/2007 7:52:40 AM PDT by Kurt_Hectic

With hunting season just around the corner, things could look bleak for the rare white moose, which became a national celebrity after it was first spotted last year. But now hunters are instructed to spare it.

The rare white moose, first spotted in the county of Østfold, has been given at least one more year to live. Hunters are now being instructed from the local agency in charge of the hunt to protect it from their bullets.

The moose, named Albin, quickly became a national celebrity after it was fist spotted a year ago. And it is Albin’s celebrity status that could now save his life.

"We’re not sparing it because it’s special, but because there has been so much talk about it. We respect that," said foreman Arne Olsen to the magazine Villmarksliv.

Albin, age two and a half, has been spotted several times recently. Olsen said that the moose has grown and is of the same size as most moose his age.

Related stories: Rare moose spotted - 25.05.2007 White moose sparks debate - 05.10.2006


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cheesemoosesister; hunting; moose; norway
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Is it just me or is the headline misleading?
1 posted on 09/21/2007 7:52:43 AM PDT by Kurt_Hectic
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To: Kurt_Hectic

He bit my sister


2 posted on 09/21/2007 7:54:04 AM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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To: Kurt_Hectic

Moose?


3 posted on 09/21/2007 7:55:37 AM PDT by SmithL (I don't do Barf Alerts, you're old enough to read and decide for yourself)
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To: Kurt_Hectic
We had a white deer that would appear near town occasionally. A couple of years ago some idiot shot it during hunting season. Took it home and put it in his freezer. The whole town was up in arms, in spite of the fact that it's a rural town with many hunters.

Carolyn

4 posted on 09/21/2007 7:55:42 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: Kurt_Hectic

Paging Capt. Ahab...


5 posted on 09/21/2007 7:56:10 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter 2008 (VP) Lifetime ACU Rating: 92)
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To: Kurt_Hectic

The writer of the headline wanted to get the “bullets” in no matter what...........


6 posted on 09/21/2007 8:00:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
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To: CDHart

white deer aren’t anywhere near as uncommon as white moose. we have a reservation with a bunch of them up in the UP.


7 posted on 09/21/2007 8:00:42 AM PDT by absolootezer0 (stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
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To: Kurt_Hectic

8 posted on 09/21/2007 8:01:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
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To: Kurt_Hectic

remove it from the gene pool......Just like you would with a management whitetail.....

(plus Moose meat is yummy)


9 posted on 09/21/2007 8:03:38 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Kurt_Hectic
Maine albino twins



10 posted on 09/21/2007 8:03:59 AM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: Squidpup

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti


11 posted on 09/21/2007 8:04:38 AM PDT by Whit
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To: Kurt_Hectic
When I first read the headline about a white moose, I thought it was just another Rosie O'Donnell sighting.

* We get a lot of those this time of year.

12 posted on 09/21/2007 8:04:39 AM PDT by capt. norm (Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.)
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To: absolootezer0
It was still a shame to shoot it, IMO, even though I really like to eat venison!

carolyn

14 posted on 09/21/2007 8:10:21 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: Kurt_Hectic

I suppose Jackson and Sharpton will be leading a protest once the Jena bs runs dry....


15 posted on 09/21/2007 8:12:42 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: Kurt_Hectic

Oh, now you’ve done it!


16 posted on 09/21/2007 8:15:24 AM PDT by kiryandil
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"But now hunters are instructed to spare it."

Once again, dyslexia rears its ugly head...


17 posted on 09/21/2007 8:16:32 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Kurt_Hectic

So in their effort to appease popular opinion, the moose will breed and spread the defective gene.

Hey, but at least Bambi was spared.


18 posted on 09/21/2007 8:45:54 AM PDT by Dreagon
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To: Joe 6-pack

LOL

Took a while, but LOL!


19 posted on 09/21/2007 8:51:36 AM PDT by Grammy
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To: Kurt_Hectic

Some arrogant hot shot who thinks he’s more special than everybody else will no doubt shoot it and make a trophy of it, sad to say.


20 posted on 09/21/2007 8:56:56 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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