UPDATE: Toll-free number set up for moose sightings
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Members of SOPAC gathered in front of Confederation Building today to announce that the group has set up a toll-free number for people in the province to report moose sightings and moose-vehicle accidents on the province's highways.
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Members of the Save Our People Action Commitee stage a protest at Confederation Building.
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Members of the Save Our People Action Commitee protesting at Confederation Building.
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— Photo by Glen Whitten/The Telegram
Members of SOPAC gathered in front of Confederation Building today to announce that the group has set up a toll-free number for people in the province to report moose sightings and moose-vehicle accidents on the province's highways.
Members of the Save Our People Action Commitee stage a protest at Confederation Building.
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Members of the Save Our People Action Commitee protesting at Confederation Building.
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— Photo by Glen Whitten/The Telegram
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- Clara
- - August 24, 2012 at 15:48:46
There is a twitter hashtag and mobile application called moosewatchnl. When I go on the highway, I check it to see if anyone has reported any moose in the areas in which I am driving. If I see a moose, I report it on this application. The more people that are aware of this application and use it, the better for all of us, moose included.
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- CP
- - August 24, 2012 at 14:20:39
This really drives me crazy. According to guides and hunters alike in this province the population of moose is declining in Newfoundland. Moose are just animals, and they are going to do what they will do. It is the responsibility of the DRIVERS to slow down and PAY ATTENTION when driving. THAT'S the real issue here. The provincial government has a mandate to responsibly manage and maintain a healthy population of moose on the island, not give in to the emotion-driven sabre-rattling of reactionaries like SOPAC. The caribou are almost gone, now these short-sighted people want the moose gone too?? SOPAC is ridiculous - passing moose off as an evil enemy to be feared and hated is the most childishly ludicrous thing I've ever heard.
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CP, I agree 100 percent with your commentary. The moose are not the villains in this discussion, and nor is the provincial government. The taxpayer does not require the expense of 20 or 30 million dollars of useless fencing; nor a massive increase in the hunting quotas. However, extra education for highway drivers may be quite useful. Drivers, who may be less cautious, or less prudent would benefit much more from an encounter with added education, than they will with an encounter with our hairy, antlered fellow animals.