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'Peter Moosebridge' visits Alberta home to watch CBC

A Bragg Creek man says a moose visited his rural home just about every night this winter to watch the CBC TV news through his window.

Moose watches CBC Calgary news and The National through window of Bragg Creek home

A moose watches a CBC Calgary newscast through the window of a house in Bragg Creek. The hamlet is located about 30 kilometres west of Calgary. (Pierre Bolduc)

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CBC News has learned thatPeter Moosebridge has left his big city life inZootopiaandrelocated to southern Alberta.

Thecartoonanchor withantlers,inspired byCBC'sown chief correspondentPeterMansbridge, was lastspotted on the front porch of a ruralhouse,peeringthrough thewindow into the TV room.

The homeowner, PierreBolduc, saidMoosebridgeappeared to be watching the evening news on CBC TV.

"It was fantastic to observe the moose as the news reported the water safety concern in the U.S.A. with the lead poisoning," joked Bolduc.

BetweenDecember andMarch,Bolduc said hecapturedthe moose on video several times, mostly during theCBC Calgary News at 6.

The animal did drop by once for The National.

"However it was WendyMesleywho hosted, not PeterMansbridge."

Though the moose is female, Bolducstill calls herPeterMoosebridge.

Over the winter, Bolduc said she visited him"just about every night,"butadmits sheprobably wasn't theretocatch upon current affairs.

"Seriously speaking, it's because I put out abaleof hay in order to attract her."

See the reflection on the left? That's Pierre Bolduc's TV. He's certain the moose, whom he named Peter Moosebridge, was dropping by to watch CBC's The National. (Pierre Bolduc)
Homeowner Pierre Bolduc named the female moose Peter Moosebridge after the Zootopia character. He says 'Wendy Mooseley' just didn't sound right. (Pierre Bolduc)

Bolduc said he was a "big moose hunter" until he retired in Bragg Creek, a hamlet located about 30 kilometres west of Calgary.

"I nowhave completely gone into trying to preserve wildlife."

That includesreintroducing beavers to the pond on hisacreage and building nests for predatory birds in hiscommunity.

Peter Moosebridge, the cartoon anchor in the Disney film Zootopia, was voiced by the CBC's Peter Mansbridge. (Disney)