BEDFORD, N.H. — Police and firefighters in New Hampshire responded to an unusual call this week — a moose was trapped in a backyard swimming pool.
A moose is stuck in a residential swimming pool Thursday in Bedford, N.H. A video shot by police shows rescuers removing a pool covering after arriving at the home at about 8:45 a.
m. Thursday to reveal the adult moose standing in the water. After the cover was removed, the moose strolled out of the shallow end of the pool and headed to a wooded area next to the home.
A moose is freed Thursday after it was stuck in a residential swimming pool in Bedford, N.H. Bedford Police Chief Daniel Douidi said in a statement that no people or animals were harmed.
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