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Idaho deputy rescues juvenile moose tangled in wire; video goes viral
The Latah County Sheriff's Office posted the Instagram video days before it went viral; a concerned citizen had called in the welfare check; the fence lost.
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At a glance
- First reported by Fox News: “Idaho deputy rescues juvenile moose tangled in wire in heartwarming video now going viral”.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 10:03 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger, Dr. Nina Byte and Dale Bearman.
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA deputy with the Latah County Sheriff's Office in Idaho has freed a juvenile moose tangled in wire, and the video is now spreading online.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe sheriff's caption says Deputy Frantz answered a welfare check on a moose that was having beef with some wire.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWhiskey Riff reports a concerned citizen made the call.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe deputy appeared to use branch clippers, and then the moose was sent on its way, safe, sound and full of apples.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBranch clippers. One commenter said bolt cutters would have been nicer, which is the sort of review that ends civilizations.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's a fence, Dale. The moose lost a fight with a fence, and social media users said it looked exhausted.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorExhausted today. Tomorrow it's the moose against the whole county, and the county patrols nearly eleven hundred square miles.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNina, plain question. Would you have gone near that moose?

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNo. A juvenile moose is still enormous, and I like my legs.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA straight answer.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt's the first one in recorded history, and nobody warned me.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe moose got apples and a deputy with clippers. The rest of us get a fence and a form.
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