The Alaska Department of Fish and Game pulled a moose calf out of a sewage culvert on Tuesday after it broke through an unstable cover and got stuck. The calf was retrieved from the sewage water and trotted away fine, baring only a few scratches.

Renee and Bob Sugden’s dogs alerted them to the moose in their backyard around 7 a.m. The trapped moose was whining and struggling to escape while its mother and another calf stood nearby. The 3-foot wide, 10-foot deep culvert outside their home was previously covered by a deteriorating plywood sheet, Bob Sugden said.

“I was heartsick because I truly thought that the moose was going to have to be put down,” Sugden said. His home beside Two Rivers Community Church of Nazarene, where he serves as pastor, feeds into the church’s septic system.

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