Conn. authorities tranquilize moose

MIDDLEBURY, Conn. (AP) - A 700-pound moose that was on the loose in Middlebury, Conn. has been moved to a new home.

The Department of Environmental Protection on Friday tranquilized the two-year-old male, spotted in several towns in recent days, after it began to approach I-84, a major interstate.

Officials say the animal will be relocated to a suitable location in the rural Barkhamsted area.

The moose is apparently the same one seen last week in Winsted, Thomaston and Watertown.

It may also be the same moose spotted in Waterbury on Tuesday.