Norwegian hunter shoots dead two moose with one 弾丸 before realising he is in a zoo?

  • Hunter's group were 追跡（する）ing with 特に-trained dogs in Norway's north
  • One dog followed scent of moose into the Polar Park 北極の 野性生物 中心
  • Man's 弾丸 passed through one animal and 宿泊するd into another's stomach
  • The first moose died from 弾丸 負傷させる and the other had to be euthanised?

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A hunter in Norway 発射 負かす／撃墜する two moose before realising that he was 狙撃 through the 盗品故買者 of a zoo, 地元の マスコミ has 報告（する）／憶測d.

He was part of a group who were 追跡（する）ing moose with 特に-trained dogs on the 境界 of the?Polar Park 北極の 野性生物 中心, northern Norway, on October 7.?

He took the 発射 after one of the dogs 選ぶd up the moose's scent and went underneath the 盗品故買者 to find it. His 弾丸 went through one animal - 殺人，大当り it - and 宿泊するd in the stomach of another, which had to be euthanised.

A hunter in Norway shot down two moose before realising that he was shooting through the fence of a zoo (file photo)

A hunter in Norway 発射 負かす／撃墜する two moose before realising that he was 狙撃 through the 盗品故買者 of a zoo (とじ込み／提出する photo)

After the 狙撃, the 長，率いる of the 追跡（する）ing group told staff at the centre what had happened, the?地元の 報告（する）／憶測d.

He explained how the 'elk hounds' got inside the enclosure and began chasing the moose before the hunters knew they were entering into a zoo.

The 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of the zoo, Heinz Strathmann, told the 地元の that he '反応するd with 不信' at having lost two of their five moose.

He told CNN: 'I was surprised. I had my mouth open for a while. This has never happened before ? and I don't think it will happen ever again. It is a one of a 肉親，親類d.'

Mr Strathmann said the zoo wants the hunters to cover the costs of getting two new moose, which cost around £2,200 each, but they will not 圧力（をかける） 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s.

Superintendent Katrine Grimes told CNN that the hunter may still 直面する 起訴 under Norway's 野性生物 行為／法令／行動する, which 規制するs humane 追跡（する）ing.

He was part of a group who were hunting moose with specially-trained dogs on the boundary of the Polar Park Arctic Wildlife Center (file photo of moose in Scottish highlands)

He was part of a group who were 追跡（する）ing moose with 特に-trained dogs on the 境界 of the Polar Park 北極の 野性生物 中心 (とじ込み／提出する photo of moose in Scottish highlands)

追跡（する）ing is very popular in Norway but the practise is ひどく 規制するd. Hunters need to be over the age of 16 and pass a proficiency 実験（する） to 得る a license.

The chairman of a 野性生物 法廷 in Troms 郡, Arne Nysted, said there was no need to punish the hunters.

He said:?'This is a 残念な mistake made in 関係 with lawful 追跡（する）ing on the outside of the park. It was a 致命的な error, but everyone understands that it was not done at all on 目的.'

And Katrine Grimnes, a police spokesperson from the nearby town of Malselv, said the 当局 would not comment until the hunter had been interviewed.

She said: 'We've have spoken to the 追跡（する）ing party, been out and stood at the place which he 発射 from, and formed a picture of what he would have seen and what the area looks like.?

'We do not want to comment その上の until we have questioned the hunter himself.'

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