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IRASBURG, Vt. — The owner of the game park where Pete the Moose lived has taken responsibility for covering up the death of Vermont’s favorite animal, the state’s fish and wildlife commissioner said Saturday.
Pete, whose life in captivity helped prompt the state to pass wildlife laws and who received a gubernatorial pardon last winter, died in early September at the Big Rack Ridge in Irasburg while being tranquilized during hoof trimming. But state officials insisted he was alive until Friday.
“The whole issue of Pete the Moose has been such a lightning rod, my guess is they were just concerned about what would happen (if word got out about the death),” said Commissioner Patrick Berry.
