Witnesses Upset by Moose Shooting in Paradise

[Peter Emberley]

Police and wildlife officials caused a stir in Paradise this weekend when a moose that had been hit by a car was shot in front of a line-up of traffic.

Local resident Byron Rolls was driving home when the moose was shot. He says he would like to have seen a tarp or other barrier used to prevent people in their cars from seeing what happened. Rolls says what concerns him most is how many children could have witnessed the event.

RNC Constable Steve Curnew says the incident had to be dealt with according to protocol. He says the moose had two broken legs after it had been hit by a car, and police held traffic while wildlife officers shot the animal. In that situation, he says the moose would have been extremely stressed. He says if it had not been injured, it would have been tranquilized and released into the wild.

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