In deep snow moose will take short cuts on the Alaska Railroad. In the 80s we had a Winter with exceptionally large snowfalls and the paper would have daily articles on the number of moose killed in a single run of a train. I remember one time it was 80, and that may not have been the highest toll. I believe the trains were slowed down for a time. In recent years there have been no reports of such a high kill count, but I don't know it is due to less snow, successful mitigation on the part of the ARR, or less reportage.

I did read that where possible, the animals were recovered for consumption by the needy, and, of course, when they are not recovered, they are scavenged by wildlife.

They are to me beautiful animals, the quintessential vegetarians of the Great White North. They are what a deer becomes when it gains a thousand pounds.

The great photographer Michio Hoshino took his pictures for Moose in Alaska.