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White moose spared bullets
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| 19 Sep 2007, 13:59
| Aftenposten English Web Desk / NTB
Posted on 09/21/2007 7:52:40 AM PDT by Kurt_Hectic
With hunting season just around the corner, things could look bleak for the rare white moose, which became a national celebrity after it was first spotted last year. But now hunters are instructed to spare it.
The rare white moose, first spotted in the county of Østfold, has been given at least one more year to live. Hunters are now being instructed from the local agency in charge of the hunt to protect it from their bullets.
The moose, named Albin, quickly became a national celebrity after it was fist spotted a year ago. And it is Albin’s celebrity status that could now save his life.
"We’re not sparing it because it’s special, but because there has been so much talk about it. We respect that," said foreman Arne Olsen to the magazine Villmarksliv.
Albin, age two and a half, has been spotted several times recently. Olsen said that the moose has grown and is of the same size as most moose his age.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cheesemoosesister; hunting; moose; norway
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Is it just me or is the headline misleading?
To: Kurt_Hectic
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posted on
09/21/2007 7:54:04 AM PDT
by
Squidpup
("Fight the Good Fight")
To: Kurt_Hectic
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posted on
09/21/2007 7:55:37 AM PDT
by
SmithL
(I don't do Barf Alerts, you're old enough to read and decide for yourself)
To: Kurt_Hectic
We had a white deer that would appear near town occasionally. A couple of years ago some idiot shot it during hunting season. Took it home and put it in his freezer. The whole town was up in arms, in spite of the fact that it's a rural town with many hunters.
Carolyn
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posted on
09/21/2007 7:55:42 AM PDT
by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: Kurt_Hectic
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posted on
09/21/2007 7:56:10 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter 2008 (VP) Lifetime ACU Rating: 92)
To: Kurt_Hectic
The writer of the headline wanted to get the “bullets” in no matter what...........
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:00:32 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: CDHart
white deer aren’t anywhere near as uncommon as white moose. we have a reservation with a bunch of them up in the UP.
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:00:42 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders- don't re-elect them!)
To: Kurt_Hectic
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:01:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: Kurt_Hectic
remove it from the gene pool......Just like you would with a management whitetail.....
(plus Moose meat is yummy)
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:03:38 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
To: Kurt_Hectic
Maine albino twins
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:03:59 AM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: Squidpup
Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:04:38 AM PDT
by
Whit
To: Kurt_Hectic
When I first read the headline about a white moose, I thought it was just another Rosie O'Donnell sighting.
* We get a lot of those this time of year.
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:04:39 AM PDT
by
capt. norm
(Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.)
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To: absolootezer0
It was still a shame to shoot it, IMO, even though I really like to eat venison!
carolyn
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:10:21 AM PDT
by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: Kurt_Hectic
I suppose Jackson and Sharpton will be leading a protest once the Jena bs runs dry....
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:12:42 AM PDT
by
Badeye
(You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
To: Kurt_Hectic
To: Kurt_Hectic
"But now hunters are instructed to spare it." Once again, dyslexia rears its ugly head...
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:16:32 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Kurt_Hectic
So in their effort to appease popular opinion, the moose will breed and spread the defective gene.
Hey, but at least Bambi was spared.
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:45:54 AM PDT
by
Dreagon
To: Joe 6-pack
LOL
Took a while, but LOL!
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:51:36 AM PDT
by
Grammy
To: Kurt_Hectic
Some arrogant hot shot who thinks he’s more special than everybody else will no doubt shoot it and make a trophy of it, sad to say.
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posted on
09/21/2007 8:56:56 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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