New York Rescuers Break Ice to Save Moose From a Frozen Lake

How to pull a 1,000-pound moose from a frozen lake, according to rescuers who did it: ‘No training manual for getting moose out of the ice’
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. The moose fell through the ice around 11 a.m. Thursday,
New York rescuers break the ice to save moose from a frozen lake
"There’s no training manual for getting moose out of the ice,” a state officer said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
New York forest rangers help moose stuck in frozen lake to shore
New York conservation officials helped pull off an amazing rescue on Thursday after they worked together to get an adult moose out of a very precarious situation. See the rescue in the video above Members of the New York State Environmental Conservation Police were called to Lake Abenakee in the town of Indian Lake on Thursday after a person saw a moose fall through the ice.
New York ECOs, Forest Rangers rescue ice-stranded moose on lake in the Central Adirondacks
DEC reports that a bystander had watched the moose walk out onto Lake Abanakee and fall through the ice approximately 200 feet from the town beach.
Moose that fell through lake ice rescued by New York state DEC officers (video)
Police called in the help of trained DEC staff to get the moose out of the water. DEC Rangers Evan Nahor and Matt Savarie used jet sleds to keep themselves from falling through the ice as they cut a passage through the ice from where the moose fell into the water to the shore.
New York Forest Rangers Make Heroic Rescue of Moose Trapped in Dangerously Cold Ice
New York State Forest Rangers and Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) leapt into action on Thursday, January 16, after receiving a report of a moo
Moose that fell through ice in lake rescued by rangers and conservation officers
Spread the loveAt Lake Abanakee, located in Indian Lake, New York, a bull moose was rescued on Thursday after miscalculating the firmness of the ice on the lake and falling through. Officers and rangers from the New York State Environmental Conservation responded to 911 calls reporting the moose struggling to survive in the frozen lake.
First responders save moose from icy Adirondack lake
New York conservation officials rescued a bull moose that fell through the ice on Lake Abanakee in the Adirondacks. Spotted by a passerby, the moose struggled in freezing water 200 feet from shore. Forest rangers and an Environmental Conservation Police officer used ice rescue training, cutting a channel in the ice to guide the moose to safety.
WATCH: Moose rescued after falling through the ice
A passerby noticed a bull moose walking out onto the ice at Lake Abanakee, which is near Indian Falls, NY on Jan. 16, when they witnessed the moose go through the ice and into the lake. The moose was about 200 feet from the beach shore.
Rangers, EnCon rescue moose that fell through ice near Indian Lake
DEC forest rangers and environmental conservation officers had a dilemma Thursday. A moose fell through the ice of an Adirondack lake, 200 feet from shore.
Moose Rescued After Falling Through Ice In New York: No 'Training Manual' For This
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.
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An unusual search and rescue, involving a moose
Forest Rangers, ECON Police work to free a moose stuck in ice of Lake Abanakee in the town of Indian Lake in the Adirondacks.