Idaho deputy frees juvenile moose tangled in wire, talking calmly all the way

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The Latah County Sheriff's Office in Idaho shared body-camera footage on Instagram, reported on October 21, showing Deputy Frantz responding to a welfare check after a property owner called for help: a juvenile moose had become wrapped in a roll of wire fencing around its head and body.

Frantz cut the wire with pruning shears, talking calmly to the animal throughout and telling it he needed a couple more clips. The moose kicked and grunted at first, then settled, letting him keep working; once enough wire was cleared, the young moose scrambled to its feet, wove itself out of the remaining wire and bolted for a nearby field.

The sheriff's office wrote that the moose was cut loose and sent on his way, safe, sound, and full of apples; after sprinting away, the calf stopped, turned and looked back at the deputy, a moment Frantz later described simply as pretty cool. Reports of the rescue also warn people to keep their distance from moose and to take any charge seriously.