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Orphaned Alaskan moose finds new home at Potter Park Zoo

Courtesy of Potter Park Zoo

A baby moose has moved into Lansing’s Potter Park Zoo. Willow the moose was orphaned in Alaska when her mother died after being hit by a car. When that sort of thing happens, wildlife officials in Alaska arrange to send the orphaned animal to a zoo. Lansing has been hoping to get a baby moose for about a year, and when the call came in, the zoo was ready to act.

Dr. Tara Harrison is director of animal health at Potter Park Zoo. Harrison says in the wild, Willow would have died without her mother.

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