Wildlife biologists in Pembroke, Maine, pulled off an amazing rescue this week after finding a moose trapped in a well.
According to Maine Public, wildlife biologist Steve Dunham received a call about a young moose bull that had become trapped in an old stone well, hidden by dense vegetation, on private property.
After arriving on the scene, the team sedated the moose using a syringe on a long pole. Dunham was then able to climb down into the well and place straps under the moose’s body with help from a crew on the ground. An excavator was then used to safely bring it to the surface before Dunham administered an immobilization reversal drug, which enabled the moose to run off.
The whole rescue mission took an incredible five hours, according to the Guardian, and was filmed by the family…more
Source www.yahoo.com
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