Original sentence: Although a village fayre based on moose may seem like an odd choice for a Shropshire town there is a sound reason behind it.As an important benifactor to the local church he suggested a local fayre to raise funds for the church.As well as the moose rides the fayre also contains other, more traditional activities such as a tombola, hook a duck and a tug of war competition.Since 2005 St Mary's church has played host to a traditional village fayre, called 'Shifnal Moose Day' on the last Saturday of May.The centre piece of the fayre are the moose rides, which take the place of donkey rides normally associated with this type of event.The fayre was founded by Dr Richard Stanworth, a local man with a keen interest in moose which began when he produced a paper on the genetic variation of the animals whilst studying for his PhD in animal science