Rescuing baby moose may be the best job in Alaska | INDIE ALASKA

For 6 years now, Dana Debernardi has been running Moose Mamas, a nonprofit committed to rescuing, raising, and releasing orphaned moose calves in interior Alaska.

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Story by Valerie Kern
Video by Valerie Kern, Matt Faubion, Daniel Hernandez
Music by Starship Amazing and FirstCom Music

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[NWforager]

so great that they are able to be reintroduced to the wild.

[LoanwordEggcorn]

I'm not crying, you're crying. ;)

[tammyjohnson]

Thank you for sharing this journey with us. It was an amazing release ❤️

[e.jourdainjr.photography]

aww, one of the best episodes! Awesome job, Moose Mama's!

[thelegalsystem]

A Bear orphaned a little moose calf outside our house one summer, poor little thing could have used a new Moose Mama. Wonderful work.

[Vmingram]

I know the takeway shouldn't be "I want a baby moose" but... I want a baby moose.

[LambentLark]

Moose stay with their mothers through their first winter. What is the survival rate of the calves you release?