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BARKHAMSTED, Conn. (AP) - State biologists are trying to find a female moose to get a better handle on how many of the big beasts are roaming Connecticut.
Biologists with the state Department of Environmental Protection need to determine whether the state's moose population is big enough to pose a traffic hazard which could lead to control measures including a hunting season to reduce the herd.
The state has six computer chip-embedded collars equipped with global positioning systems and other gear that it wants to place on female moose, known as cows. The state wants to collar females because they are better barometers of the population.
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