Moose Relocated

THE YOUNG BULL MOOSE THAT HAS BEEN CAMPING OUT AT PRESQUE ISLE PARK HAS SUCCESSFULLY BEEN RELOCATED.

D–N–R CONSERVATION OFFICERS, MARQUETTE CITY POLICE AND CITY PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF TEAMED UP.

PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS LED THEM TO DO IT.

THE MOOSE WAS BEGINNING TO LOSE ITS FEAR OF PEOPLE.

AND PEOPLE WERE STARTING TO LOSE THEIR FEAR OF *IT* AS WELL.

AT ABOUT 6:30 THIS MORNING, D–N–R CONSERVATION OFFICERS SHOT THE MOOSE WITH A TRANQUILIZER DART.

THEN THEY GAVE THE HIM ANTIBIOTICS AND DROVE HIM NORTH OF THE CITY ON COUNTY ROAD 550.

THEY DID THIS IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BECAUSE THE COOLER TEMPERATURES AT THAT TIME OF DAY WOULD MINIMIZE ANY PHYSICAL HARM TO THE MOOSE.