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@Brioddy This was my GSD, Kelly. I had her before I was married. After we were married that's when we got our Pomeranian too. So you see I was a "big dog/little dog' person from way back. This was probably 1973.

Your picture with the tilted head reminded me of this one. I never forgot it was so cute with the two of them.
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It is a part of nature but still sad. Sometimes people around maine will chase them on snowmobiles or wheelers. They will run until they are completely exhausted and can't go anymore. They will just collapse and not be able to stand :(

Where you said he was graying and not looking well I wonder if it was age or some kind of sickness.
Man, that's horrible that people would chase them with snowmobiles 'til they're exhausted.
 
It is a part of nature but still sad. Sometimes people around maine will chase them on snowmobiles or wheelers. They will run until they are completely exhausted and can't go anymore.
There are a few asses her in MN who will do that to deer for entertainment and I wish someone would do it to them so they could see how it feels. :mad:
Our moose population is quite endangered right now so I do hope they start making a comeback.

The dogs out enjoying some sun a couple days ago.
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This was parked at the airport all day. It's hard to tell from the photo but it's huge and dwarf's the Delta jet. The tail was almost twice as tall as the building and you can see how many windows there are. This is a private jet and I can only guess how many $$$$$$$$$ it costs.
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It is a part of nature but still sad. Sometimes people around maine will chase them on snowmobiles or wheelers. They will run until they are completely exhausted and can't go anymore. They will just collapse and not be able to stand :(

Where you said he was graying and not looking well I wonder if it was age or some kind of sickness.
That wouldn’t be the case here. The tracks would have been visible. We did have an incident where a bunch of teenagers chased a fox on a snow mobile and even got physical with it. It was in all the news reports here as the video ended up on YouTube. It is said that they found out who the kids were, but nothing was done as they were minors.
 
So sad about the moose. Such beautiful animals. Couldn't imagine dying that way either. Pretty much starving in the cold. I wonder if DEM would let you dispatch it for them? I have heard of that but mostly in really rural areas. Either way, have to admit that is quite the experience- seeing one that close. I have always wanted to see a big moose in person but id have to take a trip to another state for that.
 
So sad about the moose. Such beautiful animals. Couldn't imagine dying that way either. Pretty much starving in the cold. I wonder if DEM would let you dispatch it for them? I have heard of that but mostly in really rural areas. Either way, have to admit that is quite the experience- seeing one that close. I have always wanted to see a big moose in person but id have to take a trip to another state for that.
We have seen bigger ones. In their prime they are huge. When they cross the roads in the mountains, they can stop all traffic. You can always spot the tourists because they will get out of their cars to take pics.

DEM?
 
DEM- Department of Environmental Managment. Is this just a Rhode Island thing? Thats who we call at the police station anytime we need assistance with wild life. So I guess the same type of agency that you guys have if who id call. Do you have actual Game Wardens?
 
DEM- Department of Environmental Managment. Is this just a Rhode Island thing? Thats who we call at the police station anytime we need assistance with wild life. So I guess the same type of agency that you guys have if who id call. Do you have actual Game Wardens?
I’m such a city girl I have no idea. I’ve heard of wildlife officers and park rangers. I looked it up, what a rabbit hole that was. Fish and Wildlife. Their advice:
“Injured wildlife
Wildlife that has been injured has a better chance of survival when Mother Nature can tend to it. The best thing is to leave the injured animal alone. Animals will be stressed from the injury and will be further stressed from your attempts to intervene. Stressed animals can become aggressive and cause injury to you and further injury to themselves.
Do not take the animal home to attempt to nurse it to health. In most cases, it is illegal to possess live wildlife.”

And on that note it is apparently fine to harvest the meat of a dead animal provided that it is killed humanely. Yuck. There was also an alarming amount of questions regarding the safety of eating roadkill. Double yuck.
 
And on that note it is apparently fine to harvest the meat of a dead animal provided that it is killed humanely. Yuck. There was also an alarming amount of questions regarding the safety of eating roadkill. Double yuck.

Better than it going to waste! People in my area hit deer quite often. It's not uncommon for the meat to be donated. I have taken deer home before but there are several checks I do to make sure its okay to eat. The meat really needs to be checked out and there are instances I wouldn't consider it.
 
If there was ever a case for humanely shooting the Moose, this is it.
My luck if I shot it, I would be charged with interfering with wildlife.
Such a horrible way to die. Makes me really sad.
See that’s the thing. How does one know when they are allowed to humanely shoot? Here, a hunter has to have a permit. Yet I am pretty sure he couldn’t be shot there because it was a conservation area, plus it’s near a town. Too many technicalities if you get caught. Oh, there are worse ways to die, just think about that disgusting dog meat festival I posted about.
 
There are a few asses her in MN who will do that to deer for entertainment and I wish someone would do it to them so they could see how it feels. :mad:
Our moose population is quite endangered right now so I do hope they start making a comeback.

The dogs out enjoying some sun a couple days ago.
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This was parked at the airport all day. It's hard to tell from the photo but it's huge and dwarf's the Delta jet. The tail was almost twice as tall as the building and you can see how many windows there are. This is a private jet and I can only guess how many $$$$$$$$$ it costs.
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Living in Rochester, word was the king of some Middle Eastern country would fly in for care at Mayo – flying on his private 747 with actual golden trim.
 
I’m such a city girl I have no idea. I’ve heard of wildlife officers and park rangers. I looked it up, what a rabbit hole that was. Fish and Wildlife. Their advice:
“Injured wildlife
Wildlife that has been injured has a better chance of survival when Mother Nature can tend to it. The best thing is to leave the injured animal alone. Animals will be stressed from the injury and will be further stressed from your attempts to intervene. Stressed animals can become aggressive and cause injury to you and further injury to themselves.
Do not take the animal home to attempt to nurse it to health. In most cases, it is illegal to possess live wildlife.”

And on that note it is apparently fine to harvest the meat of a dead animal provided that it is killed humanely. Yuck. There was also an alarming amount of questions regarding the safety of eating roadkill. Double yuck.
We actually have game wardens in maine and when i used to work as a 911 dispatcher we actually had a "deer" call list. When someone reported that they had struck a deer and didn't want it we had a list to call of people that would come take it for the meat. I looooove venison and was honestly tempted many times to try to fit it in the trunk of my camry :rofl: the officers who would go to the scene to tag it were usually pretty good about assessing whether or not it was too destroyed to be used for food.
 
How do they know if its diseased or not?
Either the person who struck it or someone going by would call it in. We would dispatch an officer or deputy. If the deer was still alive and in bad shape the officers actually shoot them in the head to put them out of their misery. There were times where they would take off into the woods, usually the officers were good about going in and looking around to make sure it wasn't just inside the woods suffering.

I'm not sure it works this way in other places because Maine does have its own ways of doing things sometimes. The other key that is crucial here is that a lot of the time it's not a hot humid environment so the meat I feel doesn't spoil as quick. When I lived in Georgia and saw a deceased deer on the side of the road it never crossed my mind to try to salvage the venison lol
 

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