The first scientists who studied the issue thought that the wolves would eventually overpopulate and kill all the moose calves, then die from famine.

McNay did provide an example (as well as photo) of a moose calf dragged by 2 wolves for 20 metres weighing 150 lb (68 kg).

Bears readily scavenge winter-killed animals, and in some areas black bears are effective predators on newborn moose calves.

She was shaking like a newborn moose calf and as wet with warm salt water and blood.

About 15 moose calves were raised at the farm in a good spring.

Bears are common predators of moose calves and, rarely, adults.

Besides that, wild moose calves were caught in other regions and transported to the park.

Calf mortality research documents that up to 85 percent of the moose calves born in the study area die before autumn and most are killed by brown bears.

This season, the tours have been crossing a meadow where a moose calf is being raised by its doting mother.

A farm-born moose calf is taken from its mother within 2-3 hours after birth and is raised by people.