SIGN OF SPRING: Pregnant moose feasts in Kamloops yard

Tiana Baskin moved to Barnhartvale to raise her kids outside the buzz of the city, and a four-legged visitor in her yard today showed she found the right place.

A female moose spent about three hours between her Baskin's yard and her neighbour's on Friday morning, April 15, where it found trees and shrubs to feast on.

Baskin, who moved to the Kamloops neighbourhood in October, told her young kids the moose was making sure the yard was safe for the Easter Bunny this morning.

"We wanted to move out here to raise our kids around nature, rather than in the city," she said.

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She believes the cow moose is pregnant and it's likely close to giving birth, likely in May or early-June.

"It had a nice feast on our willow trees this morning, which was good because it pruned them all for us," Baskin said. It later hopped a four-foot fence to continue its breakfast in her neighbour's yard.

While moose are not uncommon in B.C.'s central interior, Baskin's neighbour said even in their neighbourhood at the edges of Kamloops they had not seen a moose in backyards in thirty years.

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Moose are more common in northern areas of the province, but they can be spotted in the Central or Southern Interior. According to WildsafeBC, they will often avoid coastal areas.

WildsafeBC adds that moose are not usually aggressive, but they may perceive dogs as a threat and females are protective of their calves.

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