Story and Photos By David Kennard
the Morning News
dkennard@cableone.net
BLACKFOOT -- Police ended a six-hour standoff with a moose Tuesday along Airport Road in Blackfoot when the animal vanished into fields east of the Blackfoot Golf Course.
AT RIGHT, Blackfoot COP officer Delbert Brown watches traffic to make sure the female moose wasn’t a hazard. Blackfoot Police and Idaho Fish and Game officials talked about how best to tranquilize the moose so they could transport it back into the wild.
Jason Beck with Fish and Game in Pocatello said officials would continue to watch for the animal in the next few days to ensure it stays away from residents.
“We want to keep the wild things in the wild,” he said.
He said it is not uncommon for moose to venture into the area from their natural habitat along the Snake River or the hills east of Blackfoot, although he said it was difficult to say where this moose came from.
Police and Fish and Game urged residents to keep away from the moose.
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