Moose tranquilized in south Calgary after going for a trot near Canadian Tire
Adult female will be relocated to Kananaskis Country by Fish and Wildlife officers
Fish and Wildlife officers subdued a moose in south Calgary Wednesday morning after it trotted around a retail area and eventually wound up cornered in a small wooded area.
The animal was tranquilized near a parking lot at the southwest corner of Shawnessy Boulevard and Macleod Trail after going for a little wander near a Canadian Tire store around 7 a.m.
Moose trots across <a href="https://twitter.com/CanadianTire">@CanadianTire</a> lot on Shawville Blvd. this morning. "He just ran across the lot and disappeared" says worker. <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a>
—@judyaldousAlberta Fish and Wildlife officers responded to the area after being contacted by Calgary police and managed to subdue the animal by roughly 9 a.m. a little further to the north, near Superstore.
"The moose was in good shape; she was relaxed. But, due to her location, we decided to immobilize her," said Phil Marasco with Alberta Fish and Wildlife.
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An officer fired a single tranquilizer dart into the 250-kilogram animal and she went down within five minutes, Marasco said.
The animal was then loaded into a truck for relocation to Kananaskis Country.
Marasco said the moose likely made its way into the developed area via Fish Creek Park.
with files from Evelyne Asselin