An extra 350 moose hunting licences were made available in southern Saskatchewan last week as the government moved to curb the moose population.
Environment minister Ken Cheveldayoff said a second draw for tags was held to try to keep moose numbers down in areas where more people live.
“It’s a public safety concern first of all,” he said in an interview.
Ten years ago a moose sighting on southern Saskatchewan farmland was rare, but the population has grown to the point where extra hunting licences are required. The minister said the moose are more comfortable on larger farms with fewer people around.
The province estimates there are 50,000 moose in the province and about 10 percent of them live south of the treeline, or where most people live.
