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 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 rescued after falling through ice in New York lake
Wildlife officials rescued a moose that fell through the ice and got trapped in Indian Lake, New York, on Thursday.
New York DEC officers, forest rangers help rescue moose from frozen water in Indian Lake
"There’s no training manual on how to get a moose out of the ice," said one of the DEC officers involved in the rescue.
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.
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.
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.
First responders saved a moose that fell through lake ice in New York. Here's how they did it
New York conservation officials say a passerby reported seeing the moose fall through into the lake in a forested area near the Vermont border, about 60 miles south of Lake Placid.
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