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Parasites that thrive in a warming planet are killing Minnesota’s moose

Jan 30, 2022 05:39AM ● By Editor
A moose and its calf stand on the south shore of Watap Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota in June 2019. Photo:  Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via Getty Images

By Liz Scheltens from vox.com • January 28, 2022


A single moose can yield upward of 700 pounds of meat, more than enough to sustain a family through a long winter. But subsistence hunting of moose has become increasingly rare as the species faces numerous threats, like disease, that come with climate change. Moose are disappearing from northeast Minnesota, where it’s estimated they once numbered over 10,000. Since 2006, the population in the state has fallen by 64 percent.


To see the original story and read related reporting, follow this link to the vox.com website. https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2022/1/28/22872494/climate-change-moose-minnesota-brainworm-ticks-...

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