It wasn’t exactly the thank-you you might expect after a rescue.

On Friday afternoon, just after lunch, Marc Schoene looked out the window to see a moose in his neighbour’s backyard.

His wife called him over and when he looked closer he realized the moose was stuck.

“The neighbour’s dog was barking at the time so it had tried to jump over the fence,” said Schoene. “By the time I got out it was already laying on the ground, against the fence, tangled up.”

Schoene went outside to see if the moose could get out.

“I noticed it was tangled pretty bad, the moose was in distress, it was stressed out, it was obviously in discomfort,” said Schoene. “So I just wanted to get it free and get it going.”

His neighbour brought wire cutters, so Schoene cut the fence around the moose’s leg.

When the moose was free, he circled around where Schoene had his phone set up, taking a video, and attacked him with his front hooves.

“I was trying to keep eye contact with it but as it started to lunge towards me I was able to turn in time so it only hit me on my shoulder and lower back.”

Schoene said he tried to keep calm, talk to the moose, and get it to keep going.

Eventually, the moose ran off to the corner of the property, jumped over a different fence, and escaped.

Overall, Schoene said being attacked was worth it in order to help the animal.