Oh they all have different personalities.

Some are grumpy at times.

They put their ears back and give you a dirty look.

I don't have a bottle.

No more.

They're soft.

They're like puppies.

A little gangly at first.

It's cute to watch them walk and figure out their legs and the longest eyelashes.

Oh I'm so jealous.

So we run Moose Mamas.

It's a non-profit here in Alaska.

Our main mission is to rehabilitate and release orphan moose calves back into the wild.

Most of the orphans are from vehicle collisions and it's just devastating how many moose we hit on our roadways.

Even though these calves are cute and small, they're still wild animals.

So you never approach a calf in the wild; plus mom could be just around the corner and that's the most dangerous position anyone can put themselves in.

So once we get a new calf, it's a chess game of getting them to trust you.

(back up) and know that you're going to take care of them but not put a huge human imprint on them.

They come in about 35 pounds.

We bottle feed them seven times a day and they're scared, they just lost their mom, so it's a lot of work to get these babies ready for the winter.

So we collect brows up to three times a day.

They eat willow, birch, aspen, cottonwood, fireweed is like their cotton candy, dandelion leaves, but they're browsers so they strip the the leaves off of the branches.

Yeah I like to have my hands in it.

That's what's so cool about it.

You know, I'm the founder and operational director but I'm hands-on you know this is what I love.

I mean they're such incredible animals.

They're huge and magnificent.

I love their big noses and they just mean a lot to Alaskans.

I know this isn't the whole cure-all for everything but it's it's my part in helping the moose population.

Just seeing that they have a wild and free life and they're just moose that's what they want to be they don't like to be locked up in a pen.

Come September they are itching to get out of here and I'm ready too.

Today is an exciting day, a lot of hard work, they're ready we're ready.

My number one priority today is them.

Of course it's sad.

They're my babies.

You can't help but get attached when they come 30 pounds and leave over 300.

It's okay buddy, it's all right.

I'm so proud of them.

This is perfect habitat.

So far away from civilization, there's no chance of them getting hit on the roads like their moms.

Ready?

come on buddy, go that way, back out, go back.

Good job Come on.

They're moose!

That's beautiful man.

Ah that's what moose should look like right there.