Drone Captures Northern Ontario Moose Fighting Off Wolf

Dan Nystedt captured a rare view of a wolf attempting to take down a moose in Northern Ontario.  As the drone footage shows, the wolf attacks the moose and did not retreat until the moose headed for deeper water.

As Nystedt states on his YouTube channel he was "excited by the moose sighting, as I was leaving something unexpected took place."

Watch this very rare encounter below. 

While the moose population in North America is declining, the overall numbers of the animal remain high. Estimates range from 300,000 moose in the United Staes and anywhere from 500,000 to 1,000,000 moose in Canada. You can read more about moose and global moose populations on Wikipedia.

In 2007, it was estimated that the Canadian province of Newfoundland was home to about 150,000 moose. Moose are not indigenous to the area Four of the animals were introduced in 1904 as a way to attract big game hunters and to provide a food source for railway workers. You can learn more about the history and current status of moose in Newfoundland by reading the article "Introduction of Moose to the Island of Newfoundland" from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Historic Commemorations ProgramProvincial Historic Commemorations Program website and from the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Fisheries and Land ResourcesDepartment of Fisheries and Land Resources website.

Due to the vastly increased numbers, their decedents are changing the forests and habitat of Newfoundland, and serves as a good example as to why foreign species should not be introduced to areas they do not belong.