Troopers say the teen escaped with only minor injuries Wednesday. The moose was shot and killed, as heavy snow has forced the ungulates into Anchorage.
A moose stops for a midday snack in a snowbank near Boniface Parkway in Anchorage on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024.
Troopers spokesman Tim DeSpain said in an email Friday that the moose appeared to be about 18 months old, and was showing signs of malnourishment. Although other moose were also in the area at the time, they were not involved in the attack. “ responded back to the area at daylight and discovered the moose in the immediate area of the attack,” DeSpain said. “Soon after the trooper exited the vehicle, the moose approached the trooper with its hackles raised, lowered its head, ears back and directly approached the trooper.”
Cory Stantorf, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s newly appointed Anchorage area biologist, said Friday that local calls about aggressive moose this winter began to spike in mid-January. Fish and Game has received several Anchorage reports of moose making contact with people, but so far no serious injuries have been reported.
The most important thing Southcentral residents can do to avoid violent moose encounters, Stantorf said, is give the ungulates a wide berth. That also means not feeding them, for which troopers
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