Moose Dip
Johansfors, Sweden has a new attraction: the moose pool. A local moose went for a dip in the pool, triggering a huge rescue operation.
The moose was discovered in the swimming pool in the small community of Johansfors, some 500km south-west of Stockholm.
The discovery triggered a sizeable rescue operation. Initially the pool was emptied to reduce the risk of hypothermia.
Local emergency services then tried to build a ramp for the moose to climb out of the drained pool bottom, but that failed.
After spending the night there, the moose was tranquillised by a local hunter, the online edition of the Hallands Nyheter newspaper reported.
The emergency services then used a fork-lift truck to hoist the animal weighing several hundred kilos out of the pool.
Mind you, they got her out just in time for the annual moose hunting season, which is already underway.
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Pirate's Cove — Sunday, 28 October , 2007 @ 8:21 am
By Tom, Saturday, 27 October , 2007 @ 5:39 pm
I wonder if they put a tracking collar on him?
By Gaius, Saturday, 27 October , 2007 @ 7:54 pm
They put a plastic collar on the moose to let hunters know not to shoot her. The collar, however, might draw a hunter’s eye leading to a rather unintended consequence.