Woman Attacked, Severely Injured By Cow Moose Believed To Be Protecting Calves Near Glenwood Springs

By Jennifer McRae, CBS Denver:

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– A woman was attacked by a moose and severely injured in a rural area outside a home south of Glenwood Springs. The cow moose attacked the woman last Friday night.

The 79-year-old woman was rushed to a local hospital and then transported to helicopter to another hospital on the Front Range later that same night.

The woman was dog sitting for one of the tenants living at the home. She had seen a cow moose and its two calves in the yard earlier in the day. When the woman no longer saw the moose later that evening, she believed it was safe to be outside. That’s when she took the dog out on a leash in the yard and she was attacked.

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