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"ANCHORAGE, Alaska - State biologists are reminding people not to touch moose calves or try to take them home as pets following a string of incidents involving people handling the animals, including one household that had a calf in the living room \u201Cas if it was a puppy.\u201D\nMoose are being born in Alaska this time of year, and biologists say people should leave the calves alone \u2014 even if they seem to have been abandoned by their mothers.\nSee also: Bear in a Hammock Gets Ready to Attack the Weekend\nMost of the time, the mothers eventually return to their young.\nIn one recent case in Willow, a calf was put in a backyard dog run with a collar around its neck.\nAnother calf was taken into a home in the Wasilla area. \u201CThey just had it in the living room, as if it was a puppy,\u201D state biologist Todd Rinaldi said.\nLast week, someone tackled a calf at an Anchorage mobile home park and tied it up with an electrical cord, the Anchorage Daily News reported.\n\nYou want to know what baby moose (aka mooselets) look like? #CuteAsHell pic.twitter.com/zO0iD4w9mQ\n\u2014 Infectious Chris (@InfectiousChris) June 12, 2014\n\nSuch encounters can lead to calves being taken to zoos or wildlife conservation centers, wildlife officials said. Taking an animal into captivity is dangerous and illegal, and it can lead to animals being injured or worse, officials said.\nIn the Anchorage incident, someone called authorities Friday to report that a cow moose with two calves was running around a mobile home park. At one point, one of the calves separated from the mother.\n\nBaby moose just chilling on the side of the road . pic.twitter.com/PefmWX55UF\n\u2014 Kayla Taylor (@kisszeegirl) June 12, 2014\n\n\u201CEvidently, some man took it upon himself to tackle it and tie it up with an electrical cord,\u201D Anchorage area wildlife biologist Jessy Coltrane said.\nThe calf ran off with the cord hanging from its neck, Coltrane said.\nThat night, police called Coltrane and told her the calf was running through the mobile home park again, this time without the extension cord.\nPolice and others corralled the calf nearby, Coltrane said. They also found the mother moose.\n\u201CIt\u2019s people with big hearts that are well-meaning,\u201D Coltrane said. \u201CBut sometimes being well-meaning and knowing what\u2019s best for the animal are two different things.\u201D\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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