Posts Tagged ‘moose’
The worlds worst holiday souvenirs
Click on the photo for the series
Actually, I like this moose from Finland
Newborn Pic of the Day
Infant moose, born on the front lawn, in downtown Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Thanks, Cinaedh
Lawsuit filed in Canada over car collisions with moose
See that big thing in the road? That’s a moose.
Two Canadians injured in car collisions with moose in Newfoundland have filed a class-action lawsuit against the province, claiming it has not properly controlled the animal’s numbers…
Ben Bellows and Hugh George have both been paralysed by injuries sustained in separate car accidents involving moose.
More than 700 of the animals are struck each year by motorists in the province…
There are roughly 125,000 moose in Newfoundland, a province with 480,000 residents…
Both Mr Bellows and Mr George, who have been restricted to wheelchairs following their accidents, are…seeking financial assistance in the case…
About 40 other people have also signed on to the class-action suit, Mr Crosbie added.
I wish Mr. Bellows and Mr. George no ill for their injuries – and I have no idea how the Provincial government or Canada will handle such a lawsuit. Here in the Rockies it would be considered nothing more than a nuisance and frivolous lawsuit.
In my neck of the prairie, the law governing fences, for example, takes into account free-ranging wild animals – and cash crops like cows. City folks think fences are to keep things inside the fence. Out here, fences are put up to keep things out. Like cows, like moose or elk. It’s the law.
When I still was on the road, I used to drive an East-West stretch of Colorado state highway every two weeks, at night, where hundreds of deer/car collisions happened, every year. And Colorado doesn’t make the top 10 states for deer-car collisions. I drove at the speed limit or below. Used my high beams and driving lights whenever I could – without bothering an oncoming driver. There are lots of tips.
The United States still averages about 1.5 million deer-car collisions a year. That’s slightly better than 2 a minute!
Not hitting a deer is your responsibility. Not the state. Not the police. And certainly not the deer. They ain’t any smarter than a 6-year old child – and it’s your responsibility not to drive over them either.
