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- britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca
Mark Skage said he was fired for the act. His employer, AFD Petroleum Inc., let him go for breaking wildlife protocols.
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Don’t post it online. He wanted attention and he got it. Be a fucking silent hero.
Clearly a sweet man trying to do what he thought was the right thing, but I can’t say I disagree with his employer’s decision. Picking up wild animals off the side of the road in his company vehicle… Not the best idea.
Anyway, we humans dont need to interfere in everything. Circle of life an all that; bears need to eat, too.
Please read the article. It refutes some of what you’ve said here.
I did read the article, and didnt really present any argument to be refuted…what do you mean?
Why did he decide to rescue the calf, and why did he say it was a good thing instead of leaving it?
Because its a female moose so saving it would save more lives? What, should we tell the bears to only eat male moose from now on?
If you have a point maybe just make it next time instead of being so cryptic.
Did you read the link? Because that was what the guy who saved the calf said. I was simply quoting him.
Imagine thinking you can safely contain and control a baby moose in the passenger side of your truck going 100kmh down a two lane highway without putting innocent people at risk. Maybe if he didn’t put the moose INSIDE the truck I could empathize but my god is that a dangerous stunt. The bears and wolves will just eat it later anyway.
The article states the guy has knowledge, doesn’t state he was driving 100 kph, and does say the calf was a female so he saved multiple generations of moose.
Please take time to read the article before commenting.
Despite your petty assumptions, I have a great deal of experience working in that area. I have surveyed all the public, reserve, and resource roads within three hours drive of Fort Nelson working with the NWIPC. I also read the article.
Fort Nelson is next to the largest wilderness preserve in the Americas, an untamed land roughly the size of Ireland. It is extremely rural up there. Few enough roads that there’s no way he got that moose to other humans without using one of a few two lane highways where 100kph is the expected safe speed. Knowledge or not, bringing a moose calf inside your vehicle is extremely unpredictable and therefore hazardous to yourself and drivers around you. I’m amazed I have to spell this out.
