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On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers followed up on a report of a moose in Blandford.
Over the course of several days, MEP, Massachusetts State Police, and personnel from MassWildlife responded to keep the animal away from Route 23 and I-90.
It was determined the safest course of action was to immobilize and relocate the moose. Officers from MEP and Troopers from MSP secured the area to ensure the animal would not travel into the busy roadways, while specially trained personnel from MassWildlife successfully immobilized the moose.
With the assistance of MSP, Blandford Police Department, and Good Samaritan bystanders, the moose was loaded into a vehicle and subsequently transported to an undisclosed rural location where it was monitored until it fully recovered from the effects of the immobilization agent.
