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http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/anchorage/story/976672.html
'Agitated' bull moose shot at UAA campus
TANGLED UP: Safety of community became top priority of officers.
By JAMES HALPIN
jhalpin at (no spam) adn.com
Published: October 16th, 2009 08:54 PM
Last Modified: October 17th, 2009 12:42 PM
University of Alaska Anchorage campus police killed a moose after the
animal began wandering toward the Fine Arts Building in a "very
agitated state," police said Friday.
Police responded to the east side of campus about 1 p.m. Thursday to
find the bull's antlers tangled in fencing material used to support
young trees, police chief Dale Pittman said in a statement. Nylon tape
was wrapped around its antlers and there were 4-foot stakes dangling
on each side of its face, he said.
Police blocked off the area as the animal struggled to free itself,
but then it began moving toward the arts building, still agitated,
Pittman said.
Police called the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, which told
officers it would be about an hour-and-a-half before agents could
arrive. Police then decided to take the moose down before it neared
people and became an "imminent threat," Pittman said.
Pittman said killing the moose was not the preferred choice and that
tranquilizing it would have been an option if Fish and Game were
closer. University police are not trained to use such drugs, he said.
"In order to keep our community safe, UAA Police made the decision to
put the animal down rather than risk injuries or human death as a
result of a moose-human encounter," Pittman said in the statement,
which was sent by e-mail to students, faculty and staff. "We do not
like having to use deadly force, even on animals."
Moose are a common sight on campus, and there have been problems
before. Back in January 1995, 71-year-old Myong Chin Ra was stomped
and trampled to death on campus outside the sports center after he
tried to slip past a cow and a yearling calf on his way inside.
Students on campus had been taunting the cornered animals for several
hours in that case, throwing snowballs and yelling at them as they
tried to sleep and feed in the area. That moose was allowed to wander
off after the attack.
Pittman said the meat from the animal killed Thursday was given to
charity. |
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