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Title: Moose, calf at home in Shady Nook
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: Alta_redneck
Date: 2009-12-15 10:41:01
Canadian

   

cool, nice story

   

I thought feeding wildlife was not done?

   

That is so cool. Reminds me of Bailey the Buffalo a little.

   

In a national or provincial park, it is illegal. Usually, the animals won't let you. But nothing wrong with it that I know of.

   

There was a story put up yesterday about too many deer in Grand Forks. They were there because they were fed by humans.

Explain to me, whats the difference?

(I wonder where the hunters are, that would say: Shoot mom, put her in the freezer, makes for excellent steak...)

   

In general wildlife should not be fed. The moose isn't a carnivore and poses no risk of eating this gentleman although he should be very careful handling her. She could still cause a lot of damage to him if felt threatened.

I spend a lot of time with moose and they are beautiful creatures, but must be respected.

   

Were the deer injured and require human interference? That's the difference.

   

Nature does not need human interference.

If we are going to feed bears before hibernation (they are plundering our garbage cans) because otherwise they might starve due to lack of food on the mountains, is that ok?

The village sent me a letter to take down or pluck my apple tree...

   

Many injured wild animals are brought to wildlife rehabilitation facilities and taken care of until well enough to be released back into the wild, I see nothing wrong with this man helping this moose and her calf.

   

I love the double standard

The other thread said: "stupid morons, don't feed animals, shoot them". This thread says, instead of "don't feed, shoot it" "Ohhhhh, no problems, you can feed animals!"

   

I said it's not illegal. I didn't say it was always a good idea.

   

The other thread was talking about feeding bears. Bears wander into small towns and villages looking for human food. Human fed bears are very dangerous and would have no problem taking your child, wife, or husband.

When was the last time you heard of a moose killing and eating humans? hmm?

I agree with most, feeding any wildlife is not a good idea and should be avoided. An injured animal is a different story. I do appreciate this mans will to help the moose survive and the survival of her calf.

This is no comparison to the feeding of carnivores.

This moose family should really be collected by fish and wildlife and given proper medical help and them maybe released into a park like Elk Island National Park.

   

It was about DEER!!!!

And no, bears are not looking for HUMAN food. If they wanted to eat me or my food, they wouldn't walk away when I find one in my yard feeding on my apples, right?
Sure they try to go through my trash. They are omnivores. However, they like my apples and berries better than they like me.

Moose are VERY dangerous animals. One kick with a hoof and you are dead.

   

By "not done", I didn't mean illegal, I meant "not a good idea"

   

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