A border-crossing moose named Emil retains wandering on the streets — and practice tracks

For weeks, sightings of a uncommon immigrant have been protecting a nook of Austria on its toes.

A moose that has come to be generally known as Emil appeared practically three weeks in the past in Decrease Austria, a province within the nation’s northeast that surrounds Vienna, and it doesn’t appear to be in any hurry to go away. Sightings of the animal have drawn curious onlookers, and by Monday a Fb fan web page for him had 10,000 members. The animal has even impressed an oil portray.

It’s been an eventful few days for Emil. The moose confirmed up late final week in a suburb of the provincial capital, St. Pölten. On Saturday night, he discovered his method onto the tracks at its predominant railway station — prompting a several-hour closure of the Vienna-Salzburg predominant line, which passes by the town.

A moose nicknamed Emil walks by the town of Korneuburg, north of Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2025.

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Moose aren’t native to Austria. Emil is believed to have come from Poland through the Czech Republic, the place locals have captured a number of movies of the wayward animal.

The native animal safety group says individuals ought to keep away from feeding him or approaching him for pictures and movies. It urged individuals to go away the animal in peace and to not make a particular journey to see him — moose, it mentioned in a social media put up, “don’t need closeness to humans.”

Police have additionally urged the general public to not pursue the moose, both on foot or by automobile, Radio Prague Worldwide reported.

Emil’s whereabouts weren’t clear on Monday — he was believed to have wandered northward out of St. Pölten. Police reported no new deployments associated to the moose, the Austria Press Company reported.