According to a May 2 AP story, the small Norwegian town of Vegaarshei wanted to put radio tracking collars on 25 moose, so they could study their movements for two years. But the project was too expensive, at more than 400,000 kroner ($60,000).
That's when they decided to let donors name their moose. For a 5,000 kroner ($740) donation, the team will name a moose for a sponsoring company, organization or individual. That idea has proven so popular that the town is about to run out of moose. "We have four or five left, but they are going fast," said Helge Sines, head of forestry for the township in southern Norway.
As part of the deal, moose sponsors can track their namesake on the Internet, although personal meetings are not on the agenda.
"We leave the moose in peace," said Sines. "We do not take people to visit the moose. We don't want to do anything to stress them."
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060302/D8G3FP5O0.html
(go here to read the whole moose story.)
I wonder if they had some guidelines to keep people from naming their particular moose with a comical name. We wouldn't want "all of the other moose to laugh and call him/her names" or never let him/her join in any moose games". Oh wait; wrong animal, sorry. Still, we wouldn't want any teasing.
How about this: Mountie Moose?
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When you say, "...study their movements for two years," exactly WHICH movements are you referring to? I hope they were intent on studying where the moose wanders as opposed to where (what, and what volume) it "drops."
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