2023-07-16 22:00:44
Not Canada, a man was fired after stopping on the road to save a baby moose from a bear attack. the american newspaper New York Post released the information this Sunday, 16.
Mark Skage worked for the fuel supplier AFD Petroleum Inc. On June 6, when returning from work, the Canadian saw an abandoned baby moose wandering along the side of the road in British Columbia.
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When Skage stopped the truck and got out to help the baby moose, the moose tried to climb into the vehicle. That’s when Skage noticed that a bear was chasing the small animal.
“After the moose kept trying to get on the work truck, I decided I couldn’t just leave it there,” said the Canadian. “So I put her in the passenger side and drove into town to get help.”
The Canadian knows that transporting mammals wild animals is illegal, but decided to save the baby moose.
“I just couldn’t do it, in my heart,” Skage said in an interview with CBC News. “People can say whatever they want. I know that as outdoorsmen we talk about predator control. Black bears are the number one predator of these calves. So I thought, ‘Well, I can’t take care of the predator, but I guess I can try to help this little chick’.”
Canadian chose to save baby moose and got fired
Baby Moose Saved by Skage Named “Misty” by Her Rescuer | Photo: Playback/Facebook/Mark Skage
“A few days later, Misty got a ride to a rehab center a little further south where they’re going to let her grow out a bit before releasing her back into the wild,” said Skage, in the caption. Facebook.
While Misty’s life was saved, Skage’s job was blown up. AFD Petroleum disapproved of the rescue of the baby moose, although the truck was undamaged.
The company claims that, as it is natural for a bear to try to devour a baby moose, the Canadian’s attitude would be a mistaken human interference.
The wolf, black bear, and grizzly bear are major predators of elk calves in interior Alaska and northern Canada. The three species cause most of the moose deaths.
If not hunted by another animal (or human being), the moose lives 20 years—on average. “The AFD realized that I was in serious conflict with their wildlife policies,” said Skage.
Still according to the Canadian, the company decided, “given all its options, that letting me go was the best thing. So the lesson I learned was that the AFD is fine with pouring fuel on the ground, but not helping wildlife.”
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