{"id":473628,"date":"2026-05-07T20:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/473628\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T20:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:51:12","slug":"tow-truck-driver-in-canada-goes-viral-for-rescuing-moose-stuck-in-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/473628\/","title":{"rendered":"Tow truck driver in Canada goes viral for rescuing moose stuck in ice"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tow truck driver in Saskatchewan, Canada, used his truck to rescue a moose he found stuck in ice. Photo courtesy of Rebel Towing<\/p>\n

A tow truck driver in Saskatchewan, Canada, is going viral after turning an ordinary service call into a rescue for a stranded moose.<\/p>\n

Clint Gottinger, owner of Rebel Towing, said he spotted the animal stuck in the ice near a junction not far from his house and knew the wait for his customers would have to continue.\n<\/p>\n

“I thought, ‘everyone is gonna have to wait. I have to help this guy. I can’t stand to see him suffer. We gotta get him out,'” Gottinger told AccuWeather National Reporter Ali Reid.\n<\/p>\n\n\"\"\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nA young moose that was found stranded in Saskatchewan, Canada. (Rebel Towing)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The exhausted moose, later named Rebel, was trapped in a frozen waterway. Using his flatbed truck, a sling and help from neighbors, the driver worked to pull the animal free.<\/p>\n

“He was so tired and exhausted. He just sat there waiting patiently,” Gottinger said.\n<\/p>\n\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nA moose hitching a ride on a tow truck after being saved from the ice. (Rebel Towing)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Once the moose was out, the rescue took another unexpected turn. Gottinger called his wife for help.<\/p>\n

“I said, ‘Honey, bring out some blankets. I’ve got a moose on my truck.'”\n<\/p>\n

The moose spent the next few days recovering before disappearing by Monday morning. During that time, Gottinger said the animal had calmed enough to accept some affection.<\/p>\n

“He would let me go up and scratch his chin and rub his nose and his ears. He liked that he would turn his head,” Gottinger said.<\/p>\n

Even the motorists waiting on their own tow trucks reportedly did not mind the delay.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully, he comes back because he still has a tow bill!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tow truck driver in Saskatchewan, Canada, used his truck to rescue a moose he found stuck in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[273],"tags":[100,18,8386,19,17,8384,133,8385,461],"class_list":["post-473628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-eire","tag-funny","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-odd","tag-science","tag-weird","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}