Baby moose found near Colorado Springs park relocated: ‘Not your everyday rescue’

A baby moose was rescued earlier this week from a Colorado Springs neighborhood park and relocated to a more wildlife-friendly habitat outside of the city according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife State wildlife officers and crews with the Colorado Springs Fire Department responded Tuesday to a baby moose that ascertained itself in a bit of a sticky situation near Cottonwood Creek Park the fire department explained Not your everyday rescue call but when our friends at Colorado Parks and Wildlife call when a bull moose demands help we show up the department wrote on Facebook Videos posted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife show firefighters hosing the overheated moose down before the band used a soft stretcher to hoist it into a trailer A baby moose was rescued from a Colorado Springs park on Tuesday June Photo courtesy of the Colorado Springs Fire Department As the crew moved the moose one firefighter supported its head and another helped lift its feet which dangled out of the sling Firefighters then continued to hose the moose off through the wall of the state wildlife trailer according to photos posted by the agency Once the moose arrived at its new home state wildlife officers gave it a wake-up drug and let it loose in the wild according to the agency Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter