The fisherman saved fell through the ice of an elk in the Altai region
The Barnaul citizen Ivan Drachev went fishing and by the end of the day could boast only catch, if it had not become the protagonist of a serious operation to save the moose.
The fisherman returned home. Suddenly he saw in the middle of the ducts of some movement. At first it seemed that the water floundering failure. He immediately rushed to help. When he came closer, he saw that wormwood was a young moose.
The calf fell clearly in the middle of the ducts, the depth one and a half meters, about 40 minutes he had already floundered, broke a big hole, but it froze, sometimes swam up and put his face on the ice.posted by Ivan Drachev blog Altai fishing club
According to Fisher, the thickness of the ice on the edge of the hole barely reached 4 cm, so to stand in this place was only possible on skis. The man called his wife so she went to the MOE, but there is in any assistance was denied. Second call fisherman made to his father, asked to bring the anchor rope and the axe.
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“I’ve helped my father go to the other side. Made a lasso, and on the third attempt threw a rope around the animal’s neck, tried to make so that she did not much choked. Started to pull the animal successfully fell on her side, and front hooves were on the ice, thus, dragged him 20 meters. Under the shore once more a little failed, but not scary. Moose are surprisingly lay quietly, clearly a little stunned,” writes Ivan.
Then they made a lasso and tied it to the hoof, as the moose “had tried again to cross the river”. Soon his strength left, he went quietly, trembling, while the hunters it was cold: “It’s funny, when I’m sat down, he told me the face on the knee put and nozzles. Sort of like a cow, but everyone understands”.
Catching his breath, the elk went away from the people. His Savior had decided I would never hunt big game: “I can’t shoot, they have such enormous eyes of the gullible!” Other forum members admired the man. In the review they leave a lot of positive reviews.
In the emergencies Ministry for the Altai territory responded to the incident after it became widespread, reports “Komsomolskaya Pravda”. The Department explained that sometimes they call people with unusual requests for assistance animals, however, these appeals do not quite at.
Imagine that while helping the animal where anything can happen real disaster, the need to help the injured person, and the account will go to second.The representative of the Ministry