When you provoke nature, you shouldn’t be surprised when nature fights back. A couple of snowmobile riders found that out the hard way when a moose got sick and tired of being pursued through the snow, and footage of the incident has been uploaded to TikTok. The Animaux & Force de la Nature (@aninmauxetforcedelanature) described […]
An 800-pound moose caused some commotion this week in Utah. The lone bull running along the highway in Sardine Canyon, about 75 miles north of Salt Lake City, attracted the attention of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. In a video released by Utah DNR on Jan. 11, the moose can be seen galloping next […]
A young moose tried to cross an icy river in Canada and got stuck in the middle. A couple driving by spotted the animal and began a challenging rescue operation to help it, videos show. Jolyne Lavoie was out for a drive with her husband, Claude, in New Brunswick when she saw the “young moose […]
Here’s a warning that drivers rarely hear: do not let the moose lick your car. That’s the message issued in the wintry north by Parks Canada, who say that the salt that builds up on roads — and on vehicles that use the roads — attracts moose, who ingest the sodium in colder months because […]
Jan. 8 (UPI) — Parks officials in Canada are urging drivers not to stop on highways to let moose lick the salt off their cars. Parks Canada spokesperson Tracy McKay said allowing moose to lick road salt from cars causes them to lose their fear of roads and vehicles. “Unfortunately, this kind of puts [moose] […]
Jan. 5—Alaska State Troopers say they have cited a garbage truck driver captured on video chasing a moose through an Anchorage neighborhood. A widely viewed video posted last week on the Nextdoor platform shows what appears to be a yearling moose sprinting away from a fast-moving garbage truck down a street. The truck follows the […]
Moose usually prefer to avoid close encounters with humans, but during the winter months when the animals are cold, tired and hungry, their tempers can start to fray. One woman walking in Anchorage, Canada was lucky to escape alive after a seemingly unprovoked attack from a moose that followed her along a snowy footpath and […]
An ornery moose attacked a dog walker without warning on an Alaska trail, but the man was saved when the dog stepped in, state troopers said. The man and dog had just emerged from the trees near an intersection on the Tsalteshi Trails system in Soldotna on Dec. 18 when the moose charged and knocked […]