NEW GLOUCESTER — From Tuesday, July 5, through Sunday, July 10, the Final Charge, a massive, museum quality display showing two huge bull moose with locked antlers, will be on display daily at the Maine Wildlife Park. Created by local taxidermist Mark Dufresne of Nature’s Reflections Taxidermy in Gray, these moose are most often exhibited at the L.L. Bean flagship store in Freeport. Mark will be on hand periodically throughout the week, as he thoroughly cleans and upgrades the exhibit, and will be available to answer questions about the exhibit and its creation.

In May of 2006, Adella Johnson found the remains of two bull moose on her property in New Sweden. The moose had died after their antlers had become locked in battle during the previous fall’s rut. Adella donated the antlers to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to be used for educational purposes. IF&W then contacted L.L.Bean with the idea of partnering to bring these moose back to life by recreating their battle in taxidermy and sharing interpretive and educational information about these moose with the public.

This huge taxidermy mount, one of only two such mounts in all of North America, is encased within a specially designed viewing diorama in a custom-built trailer, specifically made for viewing.

This amazing display is on loan to the wildlife park for visitors to view and photograph up close and in natural daylight.

For more information about the Maine Wildlife Park, call 657-4977 or visit www.mainewildlifepark.com, www.mefishwildlife.com or on Facebook.

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