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'Caring for Creatures Great and Small'

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'Caring for Creatures Great and Small' A young cow moose slipped on the ice of the Salmonier River in Newfoundland.She was on the bare ice and couldn't manage to stand up.It seems she was there for a long time and wasn't in the best of health when found.The animal appeared to have broken a leg, and of course was terrified of the presence of humans. The men in the photos dragged her up on the bank onto the hard snow,where she stood up once but immediately fell again. The men went down the river a short way on their ski-doos to allow her to relax,but kept a good watch over her. She could not get up and appeared to be doomed. Then,seeing no way to do anything to help the injured animal the the Department of Wildlife of NL was called. The men all went down to the river the next morning to check on her but she was gone,and there was nothing left but a big trail of blood up to the road. There was nothing the wildlife officers could do; the animal was obviously in shock and badly hurt and had now disappeared somehow. It was quite an experience, albeit sad. Not everyday you get to pet a wild moose. It restores one's faith in human nature that these men, moosehunters all,tried their best to save the injured animal who was so fearful. We can only hope that the poor thing survived the shock of it all but it is doubtful. Nature cares for it's own, and we hope it cared for her. Bonnie Jarvis-Lowe