Sains · Wildlife collisionsCascade moose crash: Three euthanized after successive vehicle strikesDitulis 6 November 2026 pukul 03.55 UTCTontonTranskrip0:07Passing vehicles struck two moose while wildlife officers were trying to protect0:12them.0:13Both animals, and a third moose hit earlier, had to be euthanized.0:18The animals were an adult female and two calves.0:21How did the two later strikes happen with wildlife officers already there?0:25The collisions happened Thursday, November5,0:28on U.S.0:29twenty-four near Cascade, Colorado.0:32The location is in unincorporated El Paso County.0:35Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers responded after a vehicle struck the first0:40moose.0:40One moose was struck first.0:43Officers tried to protect the other two, but passing vehicles hit both.0:48Colorado Parks and Wildlife says all three then had to be euthanized.0:52The agency hasn't identified which animal was hit first.0:56The adult female called a cow, and both calves were donated to citizens who would1:01use the meat.1:03Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed that outcome for all three animals.1:07After officers euthanized them, drivers who hit an animal should stop and contact1:13law enforcement.1:14The Colorado State Patrol says, The patrol reminded motorists to treat an animal1:20collision like any other crash.1:22Colorado's Transportation Department gives a ten-year average of3 ,3001:28reported wildlife hits a year.1:30Its guidance doesn't identify the years covered.1:34That average includes wildlife generally across Colorado, rather than just moose or1:39this highway.1:40The Transportation Department says most wildlife vehicle collisions happen at night1:45and urges drivers to slow down, especially then.1:49Officials haven't released the time of the cascade collisions.1:52Officials also haven't said whether anyone in the vehicles was hurt.1:56Wildlife officers haven't explained what they did to protect the two remaining2:00moose, or how passing vehicles struck them during that effort.Baca artikelKronologi ceritaHeyDex
