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To: ManyMoose who wrote (1002)	3/5/2007 10:12:07 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6879

I recognize the necessity of studying animals in order to protect their needs, but I don't necessarily buy into the following statement: 'As the animal got closer and closer to going down, an animal sort of loses its thinking -- its ability to rationalize what's in its best interest,' Larsen said. Animals are wonderful creatures but they aren't rational nor do they think in the same terms humans do. The moose was doing the only thing he could do under the circumstance of being impaired by the drugs. I personally think the 'herding' of the moose with the helicopter is the primary cause of the incident. It's a little too aggressive for my taste. I once observed a biologist colleague of mine darting two elk that had been caught in the trap set for the purpose of studying them. The elk ran around the pen frantically until darted. After they went down the biologist did his thing and then administered the antidote. Those elk were out the gate and a half mile away before we could say 'scat'.