March 12, 2009 in Outdoors

Moose on loose can be dangerous

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It was a cheerless moment we eventually must expect here in the Near Nature, Near Perfect Spokane River valley.

A moose was accidentally killed Tuesday afternoon as state wildlife officials tried to haze a cow and calf away from a children’s day care in Liberty Lake.

Nobody was pleased with the outcome, especially the officer who fired the “cracker shell” that hit the small, weak calf moose oddly and killed it.

“They’ve done this before to scare moose away from an area and it’s worked, but this time it didn’t,” said Madonna Luers, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department spokeswoman.

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