Dramatic moose rescue ends sadly

Two 12-year-old boys out making ski tracks over the weekend ended up freeing a young moose that had gotten itself stuck in ice on a river. The stricken moose, however, failed to survive its ordeal.

The moose, believed to be a yearling, had apparently tried to cross a frozen river. The ice, however, had collapsed several places in the river, forming a sort of bobsled track that made it too difficult for the young moose to make his way up to the bank.
Exhausted, the moose had finally given up and was found lying down in the icy water that had seeped up through the ice.