Moose prompts shelter-in-place order at Helena school

Students at Capital High School in Helena had their schedule interrupted by a moose Friday morning after it wandered onto the campus, resulting in a shelter-in-place order as school and city officials responded.

Around 9 a.m., the school’s principal, Brett Zanto, alerted students that a moose, which had been sighted near or on the school campus the past three days, was on the loose and for students to remain in their classrooms.

“I think Fish and Game and law enforcement tried to push it over the fairgrounds a couple days ago,” Zanto told Montana Free Press. “Well, now it’s back again today and when they tried to push it back over towards the fairgrounds in that direction, evidently it didn’t want to leave.”