Dying Man Spares Life Of Moose

A young man weakened by bone cancer was made happy by his Make-A-Wish-funded hunting trip to Alaska, where he held a bull moose in his gun sights but decided not to kill it, his father told the charity.

The 18-year-old, whose name was not released, was not motivated by concern for animal rights but felt too sick to skin and clean a carcass, the father said.

“His dad said he lowered his gun and said, ‘I’m not going to take the shot because I’m not going to leave this for someone else to handle,’ and he literally said, ‘I’m ready to go home,”’ Ann K. Fisher, spokeswoman for Make-A-Wish Foundation of Western Pennsylvania, said Thursday.