Overview

• Emil crossed the Enns into Upper Austria near Kronstorf on Friday morning and was later observed resting in the Schmiedinger Forest.
• Police, hunting specialists and a wildlife researcher are accompanying and monitoring the animal under the state’s SOKO Elch operation.
• Officials say contingency plans include sedation and relocation toward the Bohemian Forest or Šumava area, yet they deny any immediate capture plan.
• A spokesman for Landesrätin Michaela Langer-Weninger said the moose will be allowed to continue moving unless he poses imminent danger, with police ready to close roads if needed.
• Animal-welfare groups oppose any forced capture and have threatened legal action, and petitions against tranquilizing the moose have drawn hundreds to more than a thousand signatures.