If there were an award for Canada’s most heartwarming video of the year, a man rescuing a baby moose would be up there, right? Well, that is exactly what went down after writer and wildlife biologist, Chris Fisher, found a panicked-looking moose calf with its hoof caught in a barbed wire fence. Fisher rescued the young moose on Sunday while walking the outskirts of Rimbey, a small town in Alberta.
Sunday also happened to be Mother’s Day, which made the whole rescue mission even more heartwarming as the calf’s concerned mother can be seen in the video watching from a distance. In the video, the calf can be heard groaning in pain as it struggles. Then, Fisher gets to work to set it free. With mother moose closeby, Fisher says he was actually putting his own safety at risk.
“There’s very few things that are as dangerous as a momma moose,” Fisher explained in an interview with CTV News.
“With my wire-cutters, I was able to snap the top wire which was wrapped around the front of the cow’s foot. I then got the bottom wire, which was wrapped around the back.”