http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/05/moose. ... index.html
I'm sorry moderators, but I can't resist.... ....Fortunately, we have the General Discussion Forum for this kind of thing. The fate of the animal is not so funny, I must admit.
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- Mike B in OKlahoma
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Hopelessly off-topic....
Mike Broderick
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin
- Mike B in OKlahoma
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I don't know their goal here, but I know many projects to tranquilize wildlife have very noble purposes to gather data such as average weight in an area (are they getting enough food?) stomach content (what are they eating, has it changed?), disease prevalence, and other information for population management that can't be got any other way.Adrian wrote:serves em right for tranquilizing the poor thing
I once got to see a wolf pack ID'd by a small plane, and a helicopter come and shoot a wolf, then collect the tranquilized wolf for study in Yellowstone National Park. Unfortunately, the animals were barely more than dots, even in ten power binoculars, or I'd have some very cool photos to show for it! A ranger I later asked about it explained that all sorts of data on the wolf population would be gathered from the animal, then it would be released with a radio tracking collar to study it's movements. Very important in managing wildlife populations, which we now have to do since we've driven the animals into such small areas compared to the state of nature.
Mike Broderick
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin