The moose fell through the ice around 11 a.m. Thursday, about 200 feet (60 meters) from shore on Lake Abanakee, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced in a statement Friday.
In New York, moose are sometimes poached by humans, and a handful die every year due to being hit by cars, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Here's how they did it 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.
“There’s not training manual for getting moose out of the ice,” said Environmental Conservation Police officer, Lt. Robert Higgins, in a video statement recounting the event.
First responders saved a moose that fell through lake ice in New York.
