Thursday, June 12, 2014

Alaskan Biologists Remind Everyone That Baby Moose Are Not Pets

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - State biologists are reminding people not to touch moose calves or try to take them home as pets following a string of incidents involving people handling the animals, including one household that had a calf in the living room “as if it was a puppy.”


Moose are being born in Alaska this time of year, and biologists say people should leave the calves alone — even if they seem to have been abandoned by their mothers.



Most of the time, the mothers eventually return to their young.


In one recent case in Willow, a calf was put in a backyard dog run with a collar around its neck. Read more...


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from MashableThe Associated Press
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