{"id":1990,"date":"2023-09-20T23:30:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T23:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/?page_id=1990"},"modified":"2023-09-21T00:34:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T00:34:28","slug":"cape-breton-moose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/biodiversity-wildlife\/moose\/cape-breton-moose\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Breton Moose"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>The pages and subpages on Moose:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/KA2ed940px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1988 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/KA2ed940px-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/KA2ed940px-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/KA2ed940px-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/KA2ed940px.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/biodiversity-wildlife\/moose\/\">MOOSE<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/biodiversity-wildlife\/moose\/cape-breton-moose\/\"><strong>Cape Breton Moose\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> T<em>HIS PAGE<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/biodiversity-wildlife\/moose\/mainland-moose\/\">Mainland Moose<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/biodiversity-wildlife\/moose\/mainland-moose\/chebucto-moose\/\">Chebucto Moose<\/a><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/biodiversity-wildlife\/moose\/mainland-moose\/chebucto-moose\/more\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/biodiversity-wildlife\/moose\/mainland-moose\/extracts-from-naturens\/\">Extracts from NatureNS<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/biodiversity-wildlife\/moose\/mainland-moose\/literature\/\">Literature<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The current population of moose in Cape Breton is derived from eighteen Northwestern Moose that were moved to Cape Breton Highlands National Park from Island National Park, Alberta in 1947\/48. (The Eastern Moose went locally extinct in Cape Breton in the 1800s.)<\/p>\n<p>There have been two major issues concerning the CB moose in recent years:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an overabundance of moose in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park &#8220;where the burgeoning moose population has taken a toll on the area\u2019s forests\u2026Moose in Cape Breton have destroyed about 11 per cent of the forest due to the species\u2019 vigorous feeding on young coniferous trees.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/moose-populations-forest-conference-conservation-wildlife-management-1.4265021\">CBC Aug 28, 2017<\/a>);<\/li>\n<li>illegal hunting of moose on Hunter\u2019s Mountain in Cape Breton under the guise of non-licensed but permitted hunting by Nova Scotia Mi\u2019kmaq (view CBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/hunters-mountain-moose-patrols-poachers-mi-kmaq-aboriginal-hunting-rights-1.4290460\">Sep 15, 2017<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Some related web pages and news items<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pc.gc.ca\/eng\/pn-np\/ns\/cbreton\/plan\/foret-forest\/reduire-reduction.aspx\"><strong>Parks Canada Moose Reduction Program<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nAn overview, and access to the Full Plan. Also see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pc.gc.ca\/eng\/pn-np\/ns\/cbreton\/natcul\/natcul1\/c\/i\/b.aspx\">The Moose &#8211; Our Largest Herbivore<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pc.gc.ca\/eng\/pn-np\/ns\/cbreton\/plan\/foret-forest.aspx\"><strong>Bring Back the Boreal<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nSection on the Cape Breton Highlands National Park website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nsforestnotes.ca\/2017\/01\/11\/protecting-nova-scotias-true-boreal-forest\/\"><strong>Protecting Nova Scotia\u2019s true boreal forest<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPost on NSFN, Jan 11, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uinr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Moose-MEK-web.pdf\"><strong>Tiam Mi\u2019kmaq Ecological Knowledge: Moose in Unama\u2019ki<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nWritten by Nadine Lefort with Clifford Paul, Ernest Johnson, and Charlie Dennis<br \/>\nUnama\u2019ki Institute of Natural Resources 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikmaqrights.com\/mikmaw-traditional-hunt-why-its-different-from-a-cull\/\"><strong>Mi\u2019kmaw Traditional Hunt: Why it\u2019s Different from a Cull<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nChief Rod Googoo December 1, 2015<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/moose-meat-child-poverty-parks-canada-cape-breton-highlands-cull-1.4440269\"><strong>Meat from Cape Breton moose cull used to fight poverty in First Nations<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nJim Weeks, CBC Dec 8, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/moose-populations-forest-conference-conservation-wildlife-management-1.4265021\"><strong>Annual moose conference draws scientists from around Canada and U.S.<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nHal Higgins, CBC News Aug 28, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/novascotia\/1499535-mi%E2%80%99kmaq-take-control-of-moose-harvest-on-hunter%E2%80%99s-mountain\"><strong>Mi\u2019kmaq take control of moose harvest on Hunter\u2019s Mountain<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nTom Ayers in the Chronicle Herald, Aug 31, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/albino-moose-killing-in-cape-breton-outrages-mi-kmaq-1.1928740\"><strong>Albino moose killing in Cape Breton outrages Mi&#8217;kmaq<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCBC News, Oct 7, 2013<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nsforestnotes.ca\/2017\/09\/01\/moose-in-the-news-in-nova-scotia\/\"><strong>Moose in the News in Nova Scotia<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPost on NSFN Sep 1, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pages and subpages on Moose: MOOSE &#8211; Cape Breton Moose\u00a0 THIS PAGE &#8211; Mainland Moose Chebucto Moose More&#8230; Extracts from NatureNS Literature The current population of moose in Cape Breton is derived from eighteen Northwestern Moose that were moved &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/biodiversity-wildlife\/moose\/cape-breton-moose\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1984,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1990","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2055,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1990\/revisions\/2055"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/nstriad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}