A young female moose has died after being tranquilized in Orléans and relocated to Larose Forest east of Ottawa.

The moose was spotted in the Fallingbrook neighbourhood, in the area of Portobello Boulevard and Innes Road, on Tuesday morning.

Ottawa police, city bylaw officers and National Capital Commission conservation staff responded.

Gisele Al Osta was on a bus heading to work when she saw the moose off the side of Innes Road, heading west toward Orchardview Avenue, at about 8:15 a.m.

"I noticed beside the moose there was a police car and a black truck kind of following beside it so it doesn't run off. They made the moose kind of turn right onto Orchardview and at that point … the moose seemed to [sit] under a tree," she said.

Gisele Al Osta sent in video of the moose from her bus. <a href="https://t.co/BxWfzQM25y">https://t.co/BxWfzQM25y</a> <a href="https://t.co/8HqTaub87l">pic.twitter.com/8HqTaub87l</a> —@CBCOttawa

By 10:50 a.m., Ottawa police said the moose had been tranquilized and moved to the Larose Forest just east of Ottawa in Prescott-Russell.

"She is starting to wake up and will be doing moosey things again before too long," police posted on social media.

Ottawa police and NCC staff provided oxygen, water and care to the moose before it died, police said. (@OttawaPolice/Twitter)

But at about 2:30 p.m., police said that despite "providing oxygen, water and care to the moose until she adjusted," the moose died.

"Unfortunately, the moose appears to have succumbed to the stress and exhaustion caused by this incident," police tweeted.