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An 8-month-old moose walked atop the fiberglass roof of a storage shed at Bell's Nursery and got stuck, dangling 8 feet off the ground for three hours until rescuers got her down safely.

Rick Sinnott, a biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said it is thought to be the first rescue of a moose from a roof in the city's history.

The 400-pound cow had walked onto the deck of a house next to the shed, then over a 3-foot railing and onto the shed's snowy roof. The animal's legs eventually punched through and stuck.

Sinnott tranquilized the animal, then a backhoe operator helped her down. She then gingerly walked off.