Moose Jaw and Stor-Elvdal Municipality in Norway are continuing in their battle to hold the world record for the world’s tallest moose.
The situation seems to have escalated as Stor-Elvdal Vice-Mayor Linda Otnes Henriksen is said to be ready at a moment’s notice to travel to Moose Jaw to initiate peace negotiations with Moose Jaw Mayor Fraser Tolmie.
“We have contacted Mayor Frasier Tolmie in Moose Jaw to look more closely at the possibility of initiating a dialogue about building the moose the same height, so that we can share having the world record,” says Otnes Henriksen.
This brings the term ‘peace talks’ to a whole new pride level, as both entities are passionate in the fight for the title.
For 31 years, Mac held the title until he was dethroned in 2015 by the shimmering silver moose Storelgen in Norway. There is some doubt that even if there is dialogue, there would be reconciliation.
Moose Jaw mayor Tolmie says Moose Jaw has a plan for Mac the Moose to again take his rightful place as the world’s tallest moose.
According to Tolmie, Mac the Moose may get new antlers. Through a generous donation from Moosehead Breweries this past week, Mac the Moose received $25,000 toward their fundraising goal, with a total of approximately $37,000 raised to the end of January.
Norway, on the other hand, would need a huge sum of money to build a proposed gold moose.
“It is difficult for us to cough up NOK 15 million to build the gold moose as artist Linda Bakke has proposed," says Terje Hoffstad, mayor of Stor-Elvdal.
The window for open dialogue towards a truce seems to be running out as Moose Jaw forges ahead to antler-up towards the goal to be the world’s tallest moose.
