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Wardens responded to a report of a moose stuck on a fence in the Litchfield County town of Barkhamsted at about midnight on Saturday, Oct. 1, according to Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police.
Officials said the moose was unable to get its back legs over the fence, and the animal's belly stopped it from being able to back up.
The Barkhamsted Fire Department cut one end of the fence panel, freeing the moose.
After about 15 seconds of being freed, the moose slowly walked away.
"This time of year male moose are actively trying to find mates to breed with thus sometimes finding themselves in awfully peculiar spots, just like the moose this week wandering around the parking lot in Danbury," officials said.
Authorities shared a video of the rescue here.
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