Moose on the fairway




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(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

New York State Zoo veterinarian Jeffrey G. Baier checks on a moose that has been sedated with a tranquilizer dart Saturday at the Ives Hill Country Club in Watertown, N.Y. The moose was shot with the tranquilizer in a backyard on Paddock Street but proceeded to run to the Ives Hill Country Club where it finally collapsed.

[ September 26, 2006, 03:15: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

Poor baby - talk about confused. Can you imagine looking out your back kitchen window and seeing that eyeing you back? At least he didn't crash through anyone's back door. I expect he was safely transported to a more distant wooded area to recuperate from the tranquilizer.

Can you imagine looking out your living room picture window and seeing a moose looking in? That happened to my younger sister when she was 12 years old. It was potato harvest season, and she wasn't old enough to work on a harvester, so she took a job picking potatoes for a neighbor. It had started raining, enough to stop the hand crews from working, but those with harvesters were able to keep going, so she was home alone at the time. She screamed, grabbed the phone, hid in the cellar way and called a neighbor, who said, "No way am I coming over there and walking right past that thing!"
At the time, moose were on the endangered species list, so seeing one up close was a rare thing. It's sure not like that now. There are so many of them, it's actually dangerous to drive at night, especially during autumn, when they come out of the woods to look for food. In fact, an old woman hit one just last week. She managed to live through it, but got seriously hurt.

Yes, but what is the Moose's handicap?

Yuri

They shot it. It was injured and lying in the road suffering.

They didn't kill it Cathy. Yuri are you talking about golf ? :) ~Jesse~

[ September 26, 2006, 03:16: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]