Thirty-five years ago, a troubling trend had emerged along stretches of the Trans-Canada Highway in northwestern Ontario — too many moose were hanging out on the roadside and ending up dead. "This one didn't venture onto the highway, but 30 that did this summer were killed — five of them in a one-week period." Biologist Vince Crichton believed the moose hanging out around the Trans-Canada Highway might have headed there to try to escape some of the harsh conditions of the bush. "I think some of the reasons are tied in with insect harassment in the bush," Vince Crichton told CBC News. Weatherhead said moose also faced similar risks beyond the highways that had been so deadly to them that summer, noting three moose had died after being hit by cars on Manitoba's Hecla Island that summer.

Source: CBC News August 27, 2020 12:22 UTC