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Pete the Moose’s future remains uncertain
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The bond between David Lawrence and Pete the Moose is obvious.
(Photo by Laura Carpenter)

By LAURA CARPENTER
Express Staff Writer
IRASBURG — The future of Pete the Moose and much of the wildlife that reside within a fence in here remains uncertain.  A 700-acre wildlife hunting confine,  Big Rack Ridge, owned by Doug Nelson, which began as a hunting ground with imported elk, has 200 whitetail deer and eight moose living within the “playground,” as Nelson calls it. The now famous Pete the Moose was brought to the confines after being nursed back to health following an attack when he was just a few days old. Seventy-four-year-old David Lawrence of Albany saved Pete after the dogs attacked it. The two have since formed an unlikely bond.
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IROC ends year with surplus
Monday, 08 February 2010
By LAURA CARPENTER
Express Staff Writer
DERBY — IROC ended 2009 in the black for a second year in a row, and was able to pay off $800,000 in debt over the last 15 months, Phil White, chairman of the board of directors said in a written statement. But the facility remains $2-million in debt with an interest and lease payment in the amount of $125,000 per year. White made the announcement at IROC’s annual meeting on Thursday.

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