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Two snowboarders who chased a moose down Whitefish Mountain Resort last month now face a $225 fine.
Two snowboarders who chased a moose down Whitefish Mountain Resort last month now face a $225 fine. (Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Snowboarders Chase Moose

Fined for animal harassment

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Two snowboarders who chased a moose down Whitefish Mountain Resort last month now face a $225 fine.
(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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A pair of snowboarders who chased a moose down Whitefish Mountain Resort in Montana must pay $225 for harassing wildlife.

Hunter Lamoureux and Charlie Rush 聽last month, and with cries of 鈥淥h my God,鈥 pursued the animal down a run. The chase ended suddenly when the moose stopped, turned around, and charged Lamoureux, who was holding the camera. After the filmmaker wiped out, the four-legged creature took off into the forest. 聽 聽 聽

Lamoureux posted the video of the escapade two weeks ago on Facebook with the caption, 鈥淛ust chasing a moose while snowboarding 鈥 no big deal.鈥 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽聽

The Flathead National Forest Service apparently disagreed and fined Rush $225.

鈥淲e do have regulations about harassing wildlife, and what they did fell under that,鈥 a Forest Service representative . 聽

What do you think 鈥斅燿o the snowboarders deserve the $225 fine?聽

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