A B.C. man freed an ensnared moose from a fence using his bare hands. Before then, he had never seen one up close.
Conservation officer warns against dangers of rescuing wildlife, encourages people to seek help insteadPrinceton man rescues moose trapped in roadside wire fenceKirk Barharn set the ensnared animal free near Thirsk Lake, B.C., using only his bare hands.On his way to a post-surgery medical checkup in Penticton, B.C., Kirk Barharn spotted a moose trapped in wire fence.
"Poor thing! She's stuck in the fence," the man from Princeton, B.C., told his wife, Angie Hillmer, seated next to him in the car. The couple backed up along Princeton Summerland Road, toward the spot where the animal was trapped, by the roadside near Thirsk Lake.Barharn had never seen a moose up close.Using his bare hands.
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