Dayton orders Minnesota DNR to stop radio-collaring moose

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered the state Department of Natural Resources to stop radio-collaring moose “immediately, and indefinitely.”

DNR researchers have been collaring moose as part of efforts to learn why the state's moose population has been dropping significantly in recent years.

“I respect that DNR researchers are trying to understand why our moose population is declining,” Dayton said in a news release Tuesday. “However, their methods of collaring are causing too many of the moose deaths they seek to prevent. Thus, I will not authorize those collaring practices to continue in Minnesota.”

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