Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Animal fencing in New Brunswick...

While driving along the Trans Canada highway in New Brunswick, we noticed this fencing, for km's at a time, not knowing why or what for, I have since googled it. Interesting stuff, I read, deathes due to the moose/vehicle accidents are extreme in some areas and this fencing is in place to keep the moose back.
This first pic shows a 'one way gate' whereby I assume if the moose does get through the fencing, it can return through the gate safely.










3 comments:

  1. Interesting! They're everywhere around Fairbanks, AK too. Our daughter had one get over the garden fence last winter. When I lived there, the Moose were seen right in town, laying outside the library window.

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  2. We do have quite a few collisions with moose here also especially when the bugs start in the spring, thats interesting too,that this fencing is elsewhere, I had never seen or heard of it, thanks Mona !!

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  3. That fencing is really interesting and I have never seen any like that either. I assume this is mainly along the stretches of road that are freeway. As Mona said, we have a lot of moose here in Fairbanks, and there are many moose/car collisions, also moose/train collisions. Usually a charitable organization is called and they harvest the moose for places like the Rescue Mission. It is amazing how high a fence a moose can get over, especially if there is cabbage on the other side!

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