Maine Moose Stuck in the Snow

Thanks to Lee Shaw for giving us the rest of the story on this moose. Lee contacted me on May 1, 2008 with the following details: I discovered the moose stuck in the snow on Easter Sunday. Initially, I thought the moose was "bedded down". After venturing closer and closer, snapping photographs with my camera (some of which were posted on your website), I realized that the moose was in trouble. I went to my cousin's house and mustered up some help. We returned to the moose with shovels and cattle feed, and proceeded to remove the snow around the moose. The moose was complacent, and showed no aggression. It was very weak, since it was unable to stand once all of the "restraining" snow had been removed. Kelly Lundeen called a Game Warden, and he instructed us to let the moose be, allowing it to rest, since it had expended much energy in merely remaining alive to that point. If the moose was able to rest and recover to a degree, it would in fact arise and flee the field, and return to the woods to find water and food. We left the moose, after having spent over an hour digging out the snow surrounding the trapped animal. I returned to the moose two hours later, and the moose was alive, but not alert and extremely lethargic. The Game Warden was notified, and the Warden gave permission to Joe Boyd to "euthanize" the moose (i.e. shoot the moose). The moose was put down on the evening of Easter Sunday. It was trapped in the snow on the East side of the West Ridge Road in Mars Hill, about a quarter of a mile behind Joe and Lucy Boyd's residence.