By Jeff Sherman OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer Published May 29, 2009 at 1:54 PM

Everyone loves a feel good animal story.

News out of Big Lake, Alaska is that a three day old moose calf that was found Wednesday with its umbilical cord still hanging from its belly is headed to the Milwaukee County Zoo.

According to reports, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game worked with the Alaska Zoo to arranged the adoption.

The family that found the moose named the female calf "Robin." According to the Associated Press it will stay at the Alaska Zoo for about a month until arrangements are complete for a transfer.

Reed the full story from the Anchorage Daily News.

 

Jeff Sherman OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer

A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.

He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.

Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.  He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.  

He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.

He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.