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Summer is here and so bears, moose and other animals on the road

Summertime, both north and south of the equator, brings more tourists onto the world’s roads that run through some of the planet’s most beautiful parks and nature reserves.
July 9, 2015 Read time: 2 mins

Summertime, both north and south of the equator, brings more tourists onto the world’s roads that run through some of the planet’s most beautiful parks and nature reserves.

But that also means more danger for animals who venture onto the highways, some which are killed by collisions with vehicles. Humans don’t always get off lightly, either, as province in Canada found out.

After hitting a moose at high speed, the 49-year-old man was stopped because the car was barely driveable, and also had moose parts buried in it. He was surprised when he was stopped, according to the report, saying he couldn’t recall the accident.

As much as park authorities try to discourage it, some people can’t resist stopping their car in a national park to get up close and personal with animals, such as this family from the US: http://http//www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32679992

They stopped their car in Yellowstone National Park and immediately attracted the attention of one very large grizzly bear. Another grizzly as lurking close by, too. Fortunately, it was only the car’s paint job that got scratched.

Some people will take chances to get that great video of an animal on the side of the road, like this fellow here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JyjLgcyNCk, in Canada’s Jasper National Park. He got out of his car to film a moose. This is not recommended by park wardens and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, not to mention the photographer’s mother.

In Canada’s Kootenay National Park, next to the better known Banff National Park, a mother black bear was videoed helping her baby get over a high concrete roadside barrier. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mother-bear-rescues-cub-from-b-c-highway-1.2648700

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