<div dir="ltr">Cue Northern Exposure theme music...</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Courtesy of today's (July 18, 2013) Lewiston Tribune.</div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div>
<div><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><h1 style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;line-height:27px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:24px;background-image:none">
Strays draw crowds</h1><p></p><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">MOSCOW - Two yearling moose finally bedded down near a clump of pine trees around noon Wednesday in Ghormley Park, after spending the morning wandering near downtown Moscow.</span></p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Idaho Fish and Game officer Jon Horne said moose seem to find their way into Moscow about once a year. In this case, the two were just a little lost.</span></p>
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"They're two yearlings, so they're supposed to be on their own but this is the first time they've been away from mama," Horne said.</span></p>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Horne was contacted about 8:30 Wednesday morning after the moose were spotted. The Moscow Police Department assisted Fish and Game with monitoring the animals and keeping the public at bay.</span></p>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Our biggest concern is having people around them," said Moscow Police Lt. Paul Kwiatkowski.</span></p>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Various people who had seen the moose had called the police department in the past couple of days, and Kwiatkowski said officers were able to locate them Wednesday morning.</span></p>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Kwiatkowski, along with animal control officer Bill Hickman, stood near the corner of Deakin Avenue and Sixth Street watching the animals just before the noon hour. They directed people to stay at a safe distance, which Horne said is about 50 yards.</span></p>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"In general, moose are calm around people," he said. "They tolerate people really well. As long as nobody's chasing them or spooking them, they'll do their own thing."</span></p>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If they are spooked, Horne said that could cause the animals to panic and run into the roadway - and risk being hit by a car.</span></p>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The animals were near Moscow's Salvation Army on Jackson Street when Hickman was notified about them around 7 a.m. They later wandered into the park before moving toward Jackson Street at about 9:30 a.m. Hickman said officers were able to turn the moose around again, and that's when they bedded down.</span></p>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">People may want to see the moose and take pictures, but Kwiatkowski said police would prefer onlookers stay away from the animals.</span></p>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"The biggest thing is they're wild - they're not domesticated pets," he said.</span></p>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Horne planned to monitor the moose throughout the day until city activity died down, and then leave them alone for the night. His hope was that the animals would leave on their own and be gone by today.</span></p>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:left;float:none!important"><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"That's what we want them to do - whatever they did to get in here (Tuesday) night, we want them to reverse (Wednesday night)," Horne said.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If the moose are still in town today, Horne said, Fish and Game may re-evaluate the situation.</span></p><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none">
<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin:10px 0px 0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;float:none!important;background-image:none"><span style="text-align:left;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">One of the two moose found Wednesday near downtown Moscow strolls across the 400 block of Almon Street.</span></p>
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</div><p></p></p></div></p></div><div> </div><div>--------------------------------------<br><br><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div>
<div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div>  </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></div>
<span style="font-size:medium">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:medium">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span><br>
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