Mark Skage says he rescued a baby moose from a bear on the side of the highway in B.C. but was fired for breaking the company's wildlife protocols.
Mark Skage says he rescued a baby moose from a bear on the side of the highway north of Fort Nelson, B.C. but was fired for breaking the company's wildlife protocols.
But Mark Skage said he was fired for the act. His employer, AFD Petroleum Inc., let him go for breaking wildlife protocols. "After the second time she tried to get in, I looked up across the road, I just happened to glance over there — and halfway across the ditch, maybe like 50 yards, there was a black bear standing there," Skage said.
"It wasn't just one moose calf that God saved. It was a whole bunch … She's gonna grow up and have lots of babies, and her babies will have babies. I think it's a positive. I believe that in my heart."The company said in a statement that it's aware of videos on social media showing the incident, and it's working with provincial authorities and will provide them with any information they may require.
WildSafeBC program manager Lisa Lopez told CBC News that apart from the question of legal repercussions, it can be dangerous to attempt to handle any sort of wildlife.
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