Moose Harass North Dakota

A moose has been caught posing as a member of a herd of cattle. Ernie and Beverly Fischer made the discovery during a roundup Wednesday at their ranch in Cannon Ball, ND. According to the Bismark Tribune, "[t]he moose followed the cattle all over during the roundup until they were brought into the corral". Just recently, the story reports, Sam Gross of Emmons county made a similar discovery of a moose amongst his cattle. So there appears to be a developing trend of moose attempting to infiltrate cattle populations by masquerading as cows. This, by the way, is what makes the papers in Bismark, ND.

The moose has been captured, and is currently being held in custody by the Fischers, but the real struggle will be releasing it. According to the story, Ernie had a "difficult task getting the moose away from the cattle", and he speculates that the moose is "probably going to break some more fences his way off the ranch". The story notes that "[p]roblems can occur when letting a moose go, but most of the time the moose should move on".

That, with all due respect, sounds like wishful thinking. This moose clearly is obsessed with the cattle lifestyle; to the point, as Bev noted, that he actually "thinks he's a cow". The Fischers can't just expect the moose to let all of that go and "move on". Unfortunately for the Fischers though, a moose is a well protected animal in North Dakota, and in fact, there is no moose season in the Cannon Ball area, so we'll just have to hope for the best.