A moose was rescued by New York state officials after spending two hours in Lake Abanakee's icy waters last week.

Upper Peninsula visitors are asked to keep a safe distance away from wild moose while tracking devices are fitted.

Rescued moose emerging from icy waters with the aid of forest rangers and police officers on Lake Abanakee. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation NEW YORK (AP) — A bull moose that fell ...

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. The moose fell through the ice around 11 a.m ...

They were following the trail of a third moose. Tex pulled off a mitten and thrust his hand down into one of this animal’s tracks. “It’s a bull,” he said. “Track’s as wide as my hand. And he ain’t fur ...

But once it did, the moose disappeared into the woods. The moose, later identified as a bull moose that lost its antlers, was in the water for about two hours before it was rescued. "It was ...

A bull moose can weigh around 1,000 pounds (455 kilograms), so there wasn’t much chance of them being able to pull it out safely. The moose didn’t swim toward the thick ice, so they tried to ...