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22nd Oct 2005, 08:27
Reuters story (http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=10006641&src=eDialog/GetContent)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Pilots flying into and out of a small airport north of Anchorage, Alaska, no longer have to keep an eye out for stray moose on the runway.
The municipal airport at Wasilla, a town about 40 miles north of Anchorage, has installed an electric anti-moose mat around the airfield.
The barrier, similar to grated cattle guards on ranches, aims to prevent collisions between aircraft and the area's large moose population.
"They'd feel a shock and they'd also hear a snap. Those two things would cause the moose to not go in there," said Archie Giddings, public works director for Wasilla.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Pilots flying into and out of a small airport north of Anchorage, Alaska, no longer have to keep an eye out for stray moose on the runway.
The municipal airport at Wasilla, a town about 40 miles north of Anchorage, has installed an electric anti-moose mat around the airfield.
The barrier, similar to grated cattle guards on ranches, aims to prevent collisions between aircraft and the area's large moose population.
"They'd feel a shock and they'd also hear a snap. Those two things would cause the moose to not go in there," said Archie Giddings, public works director for Wasilla.
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