The world record in the tallest moose may end up back in Canada and it could happen soon.
Now, Stor-Elvdal municipality is considering sending Vice Mayor Linda Otnes Henriksen two Moose Jaw two initiate peace negotiations in the conflict that has featured in the news around the world over the last few weeks.
Vice Mayor Linda Otnes Henriksen and The Mayor of Stor-Elvdal, Terje Hoffstad (Ap), is afraid that the village will now lose its hard-won status as a world record holder. Photo: Øistein Norum Monsen/Dagbladet. Show more
– We have contacted Mayor Frasier Tolmie in Moose Jaw two 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.
No response
The Big Elk measures half a meter higher than its Canadian rival. Mac the Moose had the record as the world’s highest moose for 31 years, but in 2015 the steel and concrete moose came in the shadow of a silver-shimmering, Chinese immigrant two Norway. The Big Elk
Neither Mayor Tolmie, nor anyone else in the political leadership of Moose Jaw, has yet responded to the request from Stor-Elvdal municipality.
the Newspaper knows that the deputy mayor has a blank authorization to two travel two Canada on short notice if it should prove that the Canadians will negotiate.
THE TALLEST MOOSE IN THE WORLD: For now. Photo: Øistein Norum Monsen/Dagbladet. Show more
The Mayor of Stor-Elvdal, Terje Hoffstad (Ap), is afraid that the village will now lose its hard-won status as a world record holder and is in doubt as two whether dialogue will lead to reconciliation
“Mayor Tolmie is under great pressure over there and it is hard us to cough up NOK 15 million to build the gold moose as artists Linda Hill has proposed,” says Hoffstad.
– If we get beat, we don’t have much to answer with, says Terje Hoffstad.
Raising money
Yesterday, it was known that the Canadian brewery Moosehead has put $ 25,000 on the table to bring Mac the Moose back to its forms of glory. At the time of writing, a total of $ 37,000 has been collected for Mac the Moose.
NEW ANTLERS: Mac the Moose will soon ask taller. Show more
Dagbladet has previously been in contact with Frasier Tolmie who states that the city has decided how to make the moose higher.
– Mac the Moose will get new antlers, says Fraser Tolmie.
He does not want to reveal how much higher the Canadian moose will be, but he guarantees that Mac the Moose with the new antlers will de-throne the Storelgen in Stor-Elvdal area.
According to Terje Hoffstad, it could be only days before Mac the Moose degrades Storelgen.
Mayor Tolmie has previously told Dagbladet that he is open to start dialogue, but time is running out if the parties in the conflict are to have an opportunity to achieve a moose truce.
Musk and Colbert
The quarrel ” between Canada and Norway has attracted international attention and, in addition to the major newspapers such as the New York Times and the Guardian, the celebrities have got involved.
Tesla founder and SpaceX founder Elon Musk threw himself into the Storelgens page by tweeting a picture of Norway’s pride.
Awesome moose sculpture! ♥️
