An estimated 120,000 Moose roam Labrador and Newfoundland and there are no Wolves there to keep this bloated population from keeping the land from regenerating properly.............Instead of increasing hunting licenses, the Provincial Government is for the 2nd year in a row reducing the number of hunting tags available............

SOPAC incensed by moose licence cut

2013 licence quota down by 1500 

cbcnews.com

For the second year in a row, the Newfoundland and Labrador government 

is reducing the number of moose licences being issued. 

 Newfoundland and Labrador
 government is again

 reducing the number of moose
 licences issued in the

 province.

The number is down by 1,500
 this year, raising the

 ire of the Save our People Action
 Committee.

The group has been in place for
 several years, lobbying the
 provincial government

 to reduce the moose population.

Eugene Nippard speaks for SOPAC.

"It's terrible ... it's a sad day for
 SOPAC
 and the people of this province,
 because 

we're trying to get this under control,
 and this is a step in the wrong
direction,"
he said.

Eugene Nippard is with the Save Ou
r People Action Committee.

It's the second year in a row there's
been a big reduction in the number
of moose

 licences issued. Last year, the number
 was
 cut by 630.

SOPAC believes the current estimated
 population of 120,000 animals is too much.

 Nippard says the province should be doing
 more to reduce that number and, in turn,

 cut down on moose-vehicle collisions.

Still, more than 31,000 licences will be
 handed
 out this year, with the biggest reduction

 on the west coast of the island. One
 exception
 is Gros Morne National Park, where

 an additional 100 licences have been
issued.

Nippard says overall the province is
 moving in
 the wrong direction.

"They should have increased the
 licences, to
 start decreasing the number of moose. 

We can't let the island over-populate
 without a
 plan in place to protect us."