More than half of the moose that inhabited Isle Royale National Park in 2019 are now gone, most of them having died of malnutrition.
The island’s moose population was estimated at 2,060 in 2019, according to a news release from Michigan Technological University. Last winter’s estimate was 967, a decline of 54% since 2019.
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