PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon state biologists are planning to put radio collars on several moose this month in hopes of learning what caused the mysterious deaths of two moose.
Scientists fear the deaths might be related to a plunge in moose populations in western Wyoming, where a deadly parasite was recently discovered.
Pat Matthews, an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist, says Oregon lost two radioed moose last summer and the cause of the deaths has not been determined.
A parasite could endanger Oregon’s small moose numbers, estimated at 40 to 60 elusive Shiras moose.
