ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Loose moose in search of food in Alaska are colliding with vehicles in the dark days of winter in Anchorage, the Mat-Su region and the Kenai Peninsula.
The Anchorage Daily News said Saturday that moose versus vehicle accidents occur a couple times a day despite special moose fencing and better lighting that has been installed along some stretches of highway. It's the areas where the fencing and lighting end that have the most collisions.
Gary Olson, chairman and founder of the Alaska Moose Federation, a non-profit group that campaigns for healthy moose populations, told the Daily News that 50 percent of the moose killed in highway accidents are cows (females) and 40 percent are young calves.
Olson warned that loss of one cow could have "a cascading effect on the moose population." He called the accident numbers an "alarming stat."
