Crime & Safety
700-Pound Moose Moved Back to the Woods: Environmental Police
A very big moose wandered into a populated area. It has a happy ending.
CHICOPEE, MA—A moose is back to an appropriate rural location for his species after wandering into a populated area of the city.
On the evening of Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, Massachusetts Environmental Police officers responded to a call regarding a moose in Chicopee. Due to the populated location of the moose, estimated to weigh in excess of 700 pounds, MEP officers specially trained in the chemical immobilization of animals responded.
Westover Air Reserve Base Fire Department and Chicopee Department of Public Works assisted, and the moose was successfully immobilized. The animal was transported to an undisclosed rural location where it was monitored until it fully recovered from the effects of the immobilization agent.
Photos via Massachusetts Environmental Police
