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A young bull moose wandered into the skate park in Nederland, Colorado on Wednesday morning June 20, 2012.

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Denver Post reports: A young moose that wandered into Nederland's skate park on Wednesday was tranquilized by state wildlife officers and removed from the facility's open bowl -- only to later die from the stress of the situation, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said.

"He was very stressed out by the time we arrived," Parks and Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton said. "This was a last ditch effort, and unfortunately he didn't make it." Continue reading the full story.

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A young bull moose is carried off the skate park on Wednesday morning.

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A moose is seen stuck in an apple tree in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Sept. 6. The police believe the moose was trying to eat apples from the tree and became intoxicated by fermented apples. The moose was freed by police officers and after a doze on the lawn, he sobered up and returned to the woods.

msnbc.com reports:

An inebriated moose trying to get more fermenting apples apparently lost its balance and ended up stuck in an apple tree in Sweden, The Local website reported.

After returning home from work Tuesday evening, Per Johansson of Saro heard bellowing from his neighbor’s yard, The Local reported.

“I thought at first that someone was having a laugh. Then I went over to take a look and spotted a moose stuck in an apple tree with only one leg left on the ground,” Johansson told The Local. Continue reading.

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