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| 2005-10-18 |
| The tale of a young bull moose trapped on a Knik Arm cliff has come to an end. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists ended it Sunday with a bullet. No rescue attempt was made despite numerous It was a bizarre sight near Point MacKenzie, as a moose stranded on a steep cliff was unable to escape. After KTUU-TV ran a story, the calls started coming in to help the poor critter. Save me, Rocky! âI'm just so touched man. I mean, d---. Canât you guys just fly a little copter up there? I mean, you got your fancy cameras on it. Youâre making money off the poor moose. He gonna die. I wish they'd shoot the son-of-a-b---- or either go help him or do something,â said Cordero Bates of Anchorage. âI am absolutely horrified that our game (department) wouldn't attempt to make some type of a rescue or do a water drop and food drop. They could drop moisturized food pellets to keep them from dying of dehydration. And I certainly think if we can go rescue people in other countries and everything else we ought to be able to rescue our own moose off of the cliff,â said Carol Thompson of Anchorage. âI really don't know where that is, but if I did know where that was, I would have already had a shovel up there and dug out a causeway so it could have got out,â said Tony Nanninga of Pilot Station. It would die of old age first. âThere is a way to save the moose. You can either use a sky crane or heavy equipmentâŠItâs very upsetting and itâs a possibility to save this moose,â said Myra Marquez of Wasilla. Couldn't they have gotten a flying squirrel? KTUU received e-mails, with one from as far away as Columbus, Ohio, saying if wildlife officers can't expend a little effort to help the animal, they didn't earn their paycheck this week. Then there were those who viewed the stranded animal differently. âI love moose meat and trying to save the moose, well, guess what? It would probably get shot later. And, hell, Iâd love to eat that d--- moose,â said Gerald Keyse of Ultimately, Fish and Game biologists followed the suggestion of Paul Phillips of Anchorage: âI think I would appreciate it if somebody would go shoot that moose and then give it to somebody who's hungry.â After eight days on the bluff, by the time Fish and Game shot the moose, they say it didn't look well, even worse when it tumbled down the cliff after being shot. That usually does it. |
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| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2005-10-18 21:15 |