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This might be a crazy idea, but has the Canadian government tried putting out troughs filled with salt, so the moose stop going to the roads as much? There's got to be all kinds of crap in the road salt (particles of rubber and metal at least, settled exhaust particulates, etc) that's bad for the animals, and probably much more concentrated than usual because they're licking the asphalt too.

It'd probably come with its own set of problems, of course, but I'm not sure they're be worse than the existing ones.

I've lived in remote Ontario areas and I can't tell you how often I've come around a blind rock-cut corner only to find 4 moose 50' ahead, kneeling in the road licking salt.

I wish we could either switch to straight sand or find an environmentally sound option vs salt.

A moose once licked my sister.

They usually lick cars in parking lots.

That's always good advice, about not letting moose lick your car - if moose are licking your car, it may be sign you're approaching a bit too close. Once at yellowstone I was driving to the campground and a bison walked up to my car and stood there blocking the passenger door. It was close enough to feel it brushing the side of the car. And there's not much you can do but let it do whatever it's gonna do.

Well, that's a brand new sentence.

Maybe Parks Canada could put a bunch of salt licks out in the forest away from the roads?

$27 on Amazon. They make them for horses, sheep and cattle, why not moose?

So we gotta start mixing road salt with something super bitter and gross to animals but environmentally friendly, and not more expensive than salt.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The peculiar message comes as moose have been trekking onto highways to lick salt off of roads and passing vehicles, says Tracy McKay with Parks Canada.

McKay says Parks Canada puts out a warning every winter as moose venture down to highways to fuel their salt intake.

Roy Rea, an assistant professor at the University of Northern British Columbia, has been studying moose for 25 years, particularly why they come close to transportation corridors.

Rea says the large creatures search for salt in the winter because they need a lot of sodium to maintain their bodily functions.

With December and January being the darkest and often coldest months, Rea is warning drivers to be extra cautious while driving on highways.

"There's been a few projects in various places that have tried salt alternatives, but they tend to be more expensive or they don't work as well or both," she said, adding the warning is a way to preserve Canada's moose population.

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Feeling called out by this. I mean those cars are tasty.

Better yet quit covering the roads with salt, which corrodes vehicles and is bad for waterways.

I'd be interested to hear how your supposed to stop the moose once it's decided its going to lick your car.

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