Wildlife officers unable to find injured moose calf seen struggling to walk

If you're driving in the Torbay Road area, you may want to watch out for an injured moose calf.

Joe Edwards spotted the animal, hobbling around with an injured leg, in his driveway on Pine Line in Torbay just after 6 a.m. Friday.

"You could see he was really struggling to walk, so I took out my phone and I grabbed a quick video," he told the St. John's Morning Show. "His back leg is really mangled."

Edwards said the moose looked like it was about a year old, and in addition to its leg being bent or broken, there was also swollen open wound which looked fresh.

About 10 minutes after Edwards took videos of the moose, it disappeared back into the woods near his home.

Officers with the province's wildlife department were in the Torbay area on Friday to see if they could find the animal. They spoke with some residents, however, they said there was no sign of the injured moose.

Edwards suspects the animal was hit by a car, as moose frequently visit the area and he knows of a few incidents of moose being struck by vehicles in that area during the night.

"I would suspect it happened overnight," he said. 

Because it was so early in the morning, Edwards wasn't able to get anyone from the provincial wildlife department on the phone, but he did use the moose reporting service to let the public know to watch out for the animal.

"I don't know if there's much people can do it about it, they may never see the moose again," he said.