A bull moose can weigh around 1,000 pounds so forest rangers didn't have much of a chance to safely pull the animal out from the cold water.
In this photo handout provided by New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation, a rescued moose emerges from icy waters with the aid of forest rangers and police officers on Lake Abanakee in Indian Lake, Hamilton County, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. NEW YORK — A bull moose that fell through lake ice in the Adirondack Mountains was saved by New York conservation officials in a laborious cold-water rescue.
Higgins was dispatched to the lake thanks to a passerby who saw the moose break through the ice and called it in. Higgins asked for backup, and was quickly joined by a pair of forest rangers. “We were able use our ice rescue training to safely get out there,” said Forest Ranger Evan Nahor, in the video statement.
The forest rangers used a chainsaw to cut away sections of ice connecting the area where the moose broke through to a thicker section of ice, while Higgins pushed the ice blocks underneath the channel, to get them out of the way.
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