Moose have literally dodged the bullet here in the Upper Peninsula. The Ottawa Citizen takes note in a recent article outlining how moose from that area were captured and brought here. The purpose was to have them breed, increase their numbers and, yup, open a hunting season on them to reduce their numbers.
That hunting season hasn't happened as of yet. Maybe it never will.
Excerpt: We sent them moose -- to multiply, then hunt. Instead, they inspired awe; thus did Bullwinkle dodge the bullet.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of a milestone in wildlife management in Ontario. In 1985, 29 moose were captured in Algonquin Park and transferred to a rugged part of northern Michigan called the Upper Peninsula.
About the same number followed in 1987. Today, there are about 500 moose in a roughly 3,500-square-kilometre area in the west part of the peninsula, the band of land atop Lake Michigan.
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Source: Ottawa Citizen
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