Missing moose turns up in Zion National Park

A missing radio-tagged moose in Utah has been located at "The Subway" in Zion National Park.  
"Maybe he's waiting for a train" joked one a park ranger to the media gathering to report on the story at the Left Fork North Creek trailhead, where hikers begin their trek to The Subway.  Apparently the moose's radio collar wasn't able to transmit it's signal out of the deep canyon, preventing the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources from following its route.

National Parks Service spokesperson Kaye Beck commented on the sighting, saying,
"It's fun when we have interesting wildlife sightings in the park, but we hope that the media attention this is getting helps focus attention on our press release this morning about the pending park name change, which local's have been pushing for for years."

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Ms. Beck also confirmed that early media reports that the møøse was "radio-controlled" (apparently fueled by the presence of the collar) were incorrect.  She further cautioned that under no circumstances should anyone try to carve their initials in its antlers.

She did offer details about the Utah DOW was working with the National Park Service to coax the moose out of the canyon: " With these newer radio collars we can streams MP3 music to the animal.  We can actually influence the animal's behavior based on whether we send it soothing music from Life Audience vs. something from AC/DC..  Highway to Hell gets him running every time."

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