**Alaska Mayor Proposes Using Moose to Plow Roads – Cites ‘Common Sense’ Over Snowplow Budget**
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, Anchorage’s own Mayor Harold “Sourdough” Jenkins floats a new budget-saver: putting moose to work. “Look, these animals are built for this climate. They’ve got four legs, a thick hide, and they’re already standing in the middle of the road anyway,” Jenkins told a stunned city council. “Instead of paying $200,000 for a new plow truck, we issue each moose a heavy-duty wooden push board. They push snow, we save money, and tourists get a show.”
The “Moose Municipal Plow Initiative” proposes outfitting 50 moose with harnesses and training them to clear residential streets in exchange for salt licks and first dibs on roadside crabapple trees. “It’s common sense. We’re spending taxpayer money on diesel when we have free horsepower eating our landscaping,” Jenkins argued. “And it cures two problems: snow removal and the moose population’s entitlement complex.”
Residents are divided. “Finally, someone thinking outside the igloo,” commented local hunter Dave B. “But what happens when a bull moose gets road rage and tips a Subaru?”
**Critics call it “unprecedented” and “dangerous.”** The mayor calls it “Alaska efficiency.” A test run is scheduled for February 30th.