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Huge Wooden Moose Planned in Sweden

Tourists in the northern reaches of Sweden are often hunting for a moose to eat, but one area will soon welcome them to eat inside a moose. A giant, wooden moose.

Confused Moose Thinks He's a Cow

When Beverly and Ernie Fischer gathered up their cattle this fall in Morton County, they rounded up a little more than they expected. We were moving some cattle, and we got a moose," Ernie Fischer said. "He thinks he is a cow," said his wife.

Alaska Moose Brings Down Helicopter

A helicopter is not necessarily a match for an angry moose. Instead of lying down after being shot with a tranquilizer dart, a moose charged a hovering helicopter used by a wildlife biologist, damaging the aircraft's tail rotor and forcing it to the ground.

'Bullwinkle Is Going to Stomp Somebody'

Stop chasing the moose. That's the message police in this north Idaho city are trying to convey to residents and visitors. During the past few weeks, the Sandpoint Police Department has received dozens of phone calls each day reporting moose inside city limits — and of area residents chasing after them, Police Chief Mark Lockwood said.

Snow Complicates Life for Alaska's Moose

Deep mountain snow usually drives moose to seek lower ground in Anchorage, but the snow piling up in town this winter is a bit much even for the stilt-legged animals. So they're going where they'd rather not, choosing major roads, plowed sidewalks and groomed trails to sidestep the vast cushion of snow in neighborhoods and greenbelts left during a remarkably temperamental month in Alaska's largest city.

Bus Hits Ditch As Riders Photograph Moose

A bus carrying 40 elderly French tourists toppled into a ditch by a motorway in central Norway on Tuesday after passengers demanded the driver get closer to a moose grazing by the roadside so they could take snapshots, police said.

Norwegian Town Offers Moose Adoptions

A small Norwegian town was quickly running out of moose Thursday after offering to name each animal after its sponsor in a research project.

The Vine

Enjoy a live concert right inside the belly of the World's largest Moose!

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Is it a way to show the world that how fond the Swedish people are of their national animal, the moose or the elk? However, it sounds like we will soon have a new wonder to talk about.

'World's largest elk' to be built in Sweden (story includes video preview)

Source: thelocal.se

Perched on top of a mountain, the 45-metre (148-foot) elk will double as a restaurant and concert hall that can seat up to 350 guests. From its antlers, more than 500 metres above sea level, visitors will be able to enjoy the spectacular view over the valleys below.

Moose Moms Prefer Traffic to Grizzly Bears, Study Says

Source: National Geographic

Mother moose use roads as a kind of human-made shield to protect their newborn calves from predatory bears, a new study has found. In Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park, pregnant moose move closer than normal to paved roads before giving birth.

How Mother Moose outwits Bear

Source: BBC News

Pregnant moose seek out human company when they are about to give birth, moving closer to roads and camps to escape the threat of bears. US scientists say Yellowstone moose have adopted the strategy to try to outwit their road-shy predators.

nwi.com :: Mama Moose Bashes Through Woman's Door

Source: NWI.com

POCATELLO, Idaho - Anita Ovard moved to her small home in this town in the western foothills of the Rocky Mountains because she wanted to see more wildlife. But the view got a little too close when a moose decided to make itself at home in her front room.

Hippos are killing the planet!

Many of you already know cows are killing the planet. Been doing it for years. So are New Zealand sheep and Norwegian moose. Foul four-chambered cud-chewer reports are widely disseminated. Hippos are killing the planet, too.

Don't hate-us or berate-us for the status of our flatus.

Source: Australian News Network

In a single year, a full-grown moose expels -- from both ends of its body -- the methane equivalent of 2100kg of carbon dioxide emissions, which is the equivalence of the emissions released by 13,000km of car-travel.

Norway Proposes 'Methane Credits' To Save Moose

Source: The Daily Redundancy

OSLO, NORWAY (TDR)- The Norwegian Environmental Ministry has proposed to initiate 'methane credits' to offset emissions from moose, the official national animal. A recent study revealed that a grown moose will emit 2100 kilos of carbon dioxide and 100 kilos of methane annually.

Global Warming Fears: Norway's Moose Population in Trouble for Belching

Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE

The poor old Scandinavian moose is now being blamed for climate change, with researchers in Norway claiming that a grown moose can produce 2,100 kilos of methane a year -- equivalent to the CO2 output resulting from a 13,000 kilometer car journey.

Maui man killed by collision with moose

Source: United Press International

A man from Hawaii died after his rental car hit a moose in Alaska.

Squirrel goes on rampage in Germany

Source: Yahoo! News

An aggressive squirrel attacked and injured three people in a German town before a 72-year-old pensioner dispatched the rampaging animal with his crutch

Vehicles killed more than 650 moose last year

Source: adn.com: Alaska

Watch out for them meese!

Moose population near breaking point in northwest Minnesota

Source: grandforksherald.com

... the moose population in northwestern Minnesota had dipped to a meager 84 animals. By comparison, an estimated 4,000 moose roamed the northwestern part of the state in the early 1980s.

Moose downs helicopter

Source: Telegraph

An Alaskan moose grounded a helicopter after it was shot by a tranquillizer dart. Rather than collapsing, the angry animal charged, damaging the hovering aircraft's tail rotor and forcing it down near Gustavus, about 500 miles east of the state capital Anchorage.

Alaska Moose Brings Down Helicopter

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

A helicopter is not necessarily a match for an angry moose. Instead of lying down after being shot with a tranquilizer dart, a moose charged a hovering helicopter used by a wildlife biologist, damaging the aircraft's tail rotor and forcing it to the ground.

If You Thought Hitting A Deer Was Bad...

Source: User Submission

The woman who hit the moose near South River, Ontario only suffered a broken wrist.

White Moose: Dead or Alive?

Source: Aftenposten Nettutgave

The striking sight of a white moose in the forests of Østfold prompted a call for protection as the hunting season nears, but experts insisted the animal be shot.

Frasier's Best Friend 'Eddie' Dies

Source: AOL

Moose, the feisty Jack Russell terrier who played Eddie for 10 years on TV's Frasier, has died, his trainer Mathilde Halberg tells PEOPLE.

Man beats off moose with slipper

Source: Aftenposten Nettutgave

"The moose was furious," Smedstad told local newspaper Glåmdalen. "Its ears were pulled back, the moose was snorting loudly and seemed to rear back on its legs."

Legal trouble brewing for man who sold moose head

Source: mytelus.com

A New Brunswick brewery has joined an Ontario man in his fight against government officials who say he illegally sold a stuffed moose head ...

CBC News: Man involved in 'heinous' snowmobile attack on moose

Source: CBC

A man from Newfoundland is to serve a two-month prison term for charging a moose with a snowmobile and killing it with an axe.