Moose rescue off trail 5!

[beakjones]

http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=557085

Finally, some good press involving snowmobilers in the UP. This is right off my favorite trail too, 5 north from Republic. This is the same Silver Lake (Basin) that had the dam burst on the Dead River back in 2003 which was a pretty big disaster.

If you have google earth, use the time line feature and notice changes at the southeast area of the basin. The images tell the tale of millions of gallons of water and the possbile destructive forces, even in non-mountainous areas like Michigan.

 

[Cat Woman]

Very cool, that must have been alot of work. I have to wonder what stops the moose from freezing once it's out?

 

[anonomoose]

While the moose is well protected from a dip in the ice water, the real killer here would be the trauma it went through trying to get out of the water itself, and the approach of humans while they did the rescue. Once the big animal settled down and gathered some strength, it very likely got off the ice and would hunker down for several hours to rest and recuperate.

These animals have dozens of pounds of fat built up from the summer to give them reserve, but they can get so exhausted that they can expire after the rescue but well out of sight. Only way to know is to get a look at him again later on which will tell the tale of whether the rescue was a total success or not. It is highly unlikely it will die from the cold unless it is so exhausted from the struggle...in which case it would die anyway...freezing just being the final blow.

Still it is nice to see that these fellows read the situation and acted to save the animal without taking a dip themselves.

It's what makes MOST of us human...and what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom.

 

[snowbuff]

Nice

 

[Pit Grunt]

Great job sledheads. Who ever you are......Hats off to you all...

 

[deerhunter]

While the moose is well protected from a dip in the ice water, the real killer here would be the trauma it went through trying to get out of the water itself, and the approach of humans while they did the rescue. Once the big animal settled down and gathered some strength, it very likely got off the ice and would hunker down for several hours to rest and recuperate.

These animals have dozens of pounds of fat built up from the summer to give them reserve, but they can get so exhausted that they can expire after the rescue but well out of sight. Only way to know is to get a look at him again later on which will tell the tale of whether the rescue was a total success or not. It is highly unlikely it will die from the cold unless it is so exhausted from the struggle...in which case it would die anyway...freezing just being the final blow.

Still it is nice to see that these fellows read the situation and acted to save the animal without taking a dip themselves.

It's what makes MOST of us human...and what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom.

i would put my money on wolves gettin it before it got out itsself. wolves are most responsive to distresss call of any animal than a wolf howl.