Moose attacks and kills man who was trying to photograph newborn calves – KIRO 7 News Seattle

Chorman was with another man, whose identity has not yet been determined, when the two came across the calves. According to wildlife conservationists, the calf’s mother – a so-called moose cow – had just calved.

“As they walked through the brush looking for the moose, the cow moose attacked,” Austin McDaniel, a spokesman for the Alaska Department of Public Safety, told the Associated Press on Monday. The moose chased the men as they ran away, McDaniel said.

Chorman’s son Nathan wrote in a statement shared by local media: “I know you have all loved his photos over the years. He loved sharing them with you.”

Chorman, a carpenter and construction worker who also worked as a naturalist and bear guide, lived in Homer for decades, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

Chorman “was intimately familiar with nature and was not naive about its danger,” Nathan added in his statement. “This wasn’t a hapless idiot stumbling into danger – this was a person who went looking for a great photo, knew the risks, and walked into a dangerous moment. It’s obviously not the moose’s fault…she was just protecting her offspring.”

The incident occurred on Chorman’s property, Tom Kizzia, a friend of Chorman, told Homer News.

Kizzia said the Chorman family “hopes the cow moose is left alone” because “Dale would have been the first to understand” that the mother “just did what she had to do.”

According to the Daily News, the elk and calves left the area after the attack.