There’s no training manual for getting a moose out of the ice,” said Lt. Robert Higgins, a conservation police officer for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ...

With a chainsaw, they carved a path in the ice — which was between one to four inches thick — so the moose would be able to swim to the shore. They were prepared in case one of the rescuers ...

According to a DEC press release, a bystander reported seeing the moose fall through the ice and struggle to get out of the water. In response, forest rangers ventured onto the ice, using a chainsaw ...