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Cow Moose Relocated After Running Across Traffic & To Busy Colorado Park

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers rushed to Colorado Springs after a cow moose crossed six lanes of traffic and was spotted at a busy park on Friday. Officers say it took two hours and miles of hiking to find the 650 lb. animal.

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(credit: Colorado Parks & Wildlife)

After tracking her hoofprints, they were able to dart the moose with a tranquilizer.

It took 10 people to carry the animal to a trailer where she would be loaded.

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(credit: Colorado Parks & Wildlife)

Officers gave the moose ear tags and then gave it a drug that reverses the effects of the tranquilizer. She later walked out of the trailer and right into a marsh west of Colorado Springs.

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(credit: Colorado Parks & Wildlife)

She also seemed to enjoy taking a dip in the pond and nearby willows.

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