'Caring for Creatures Great and Small'

Hi Bonnie Jarvis-Lowe,

What a heartwarming story. I loved the photos. Being from the northeastern end of the USA, I have never actually seen a moose,but your pictures were so clear I felt like I could touch it. What long faces they have!

Nice story,and great pictures,
Ashley

It's absolutely amazing how well the wild ones can survive, if just left alone to do so much of the time.

One year, some unscrupulous hunter shot the front leg off a cow moose just behind my neighbor's house. That very next spring, here came the three legged mama with her calf, having healed through the winter on her own. She went on to produce calves the next three years until she disappeared.

Aren't they wonderful big old homely gals tho? Kathe

Having come from the Labrador portion of the province, I know we have an excellent abundance of wolves that play a big part in the natural control of over-population in caribou herds and moose.
Sad as it may seem, this particular moose, if it hadn't already succumbed to it's injury, would most likely have ended up as prey to the wolves.
I know this seems cruel, but the wolves are only carrying out that which they were intended. It's all part of the survival cycle.
Man kills moose, man kills wolf, wolf kills moose, man kills man. Moose unwittingly kills drivers on highways. Quite a cycle , isn't it?

I am a born Labradorian. My mother hails from Forteau and in my list of stories is the story of 'Labrador Rose, Labrador Love'-Dad met her when she was home from Ontario when he was posted in the Newfoundland Rangers to the Labrador.I think it is still there, if not I can add it for you.

Yes, nature has it's pecking order. As my son would say when he was really hungry, and he is 6ft.4 in. tall--"Mom, aren't you glad you are at the top of the food chain right now?" hahaha--then he would grab my arm as if to digest it.
Nature cares for it's own, I know that. But the rule of thumb is, 'You can trust yourself to marry a man who is good to children and animals!'
I did!
Bonnie.

Yes Bonnie, please add the story of "Labrador Rose, Labrador Love." I think it would make for some interesting reading.

Paul

What an experience. Sad, yet wonderful. Being from farm country, I've never seen a moose and would be quiet shocked to see one walking out of the corn field. Great photographs. BJ