A moose calf, separated from its mother, camped out on the front porch of a College Heights home this week until conservation officers reunited it with its distraught mother.
The disorientated calf moose curled up on the welcome mat of the home after being separated from its mother.
When the calf didn't leave and the mother didn't show up, the residents of the home contacted conservation officers.
Meanwhile, conservation officers were receiving calls from another corner of College Heights. Residents there were reporting the presence of an upset cow moose that would not leave the area.
"It is not normal behaviour for those areas," said CO Sgt. Rory Smith. "They typically move along, but as a result of those calls and inquiries we learned of the calf moose and the cow moose in the same adjacent area but too far away to hear one another."
Conservation officers moved the calf down the road to the vicinity of the cranky cow.
"How they got separated, we don't know - you have dogs and people and fencing and vehicles that could all get in the way," said Smith. "But they are vocal animals so once they can hear each other, they are usually able to link up again. The calf started calling for the cow immediately. We left the area, and no further reports of problems have come in."
