June 8 (UPI) -- Police in a Colorado town are pleading with the public to "stop trying to take selfies" with a moose on the loose in the area.
The Erie Police Department posted a short video to Facebook showing the moose that wandered into town walking down a road with a police escort.
Police said Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are making plans to relocate the massive animal.
"Please keep a safe distance (further than you would think is safe) if you encounter the moose," the Facebook post said. "Please, please, please stop trying to take selfies with wildlife."
The department also asked members of the public to keep their dogs leashed so as not to frighten the moose.
"Ideally, the moose will bed down for the evening which will allow Colorado Parks and Wildlife to do what they do best," the post said.
