There’s no training manual for getting a moose out of the ice,” said Lt. Robert Higgins, a conservation police officer for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ...

A moose was rescued by New York state officials after spending two hours in Lake Abanakee's icy waters last week.

Rescuers cut through ice to rescue a trapped moose from a lake in New York on January 16. Video credit: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ...

Rescued moose emerging from icy waters with the aid of forest rangers and police officers on Lake Abanakee. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation NEW YORK (AP) — A bull moose that fell ...

The rescue happened on Jan. 16 after someone called to report a moose that fell through the ice roughly 200 feet from shore ...

A team of forest rangers in New York state have rescued a moose who became trapped in an icy lake NEW YORK -- A bull moose that fell through lake ice in the Adirondack Mountains was saved by New ...

Higgins was dispatched to the lake thanks to a passerby who saw the moose break through the ice and called it in. Higgins asked for backup, and was quickly joined by a pair of forest rangers.

New York conservation officials say a passerby reported seeing the moose fall through into the lake in a forested area near the Vermont border, about 60 miles south of Lake Placid.

In this photo handout provided by New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation, a rescued moose emerges from icy waters with the aid of forest rangers and police officers on Lake ...