It was a bitterly frigid morning in northern New York when a passerby saw an alarming sight: A roughly 1,000-pound moose ...

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 ...

DEC Forest Rangers and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police Officers arrived to see the moose trapped in the freezing water, surrounded by ice, and unable to climb out. It ...

They navigated a path across the lake, following the thickest path to the moose without breaking through, and knelt on sleds to distribute their weight. The forest rangers used a chainsaw to cut away ...

They navigated a path across the lake, following the thickest path to the moose without breaking through, and knelt on sleds to distribute their weight. The forest rangers used a chainsaw to cut ...

They navigated a path across the lake, following the thickest path to the moose without breaking through, and knelt on sleds to distribute their weight. The forest rangers used a chainsaw to cut ...

The DEC police officers were able to call for backup from the Forest Rangers service, and together, they devised a plan to cut a channel in the ice with a chainsaw to help the moose swim to shore.

They used a chainsaw to cut through the ice, which varied from 4 to 1 inch thick, Savarie said. Getting the moose to follow the path they cut out didn’t come easy, he said. They tried poking the ...