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Pregnant moose struck and killed on Summit County highway, nonprofit says
PARK CITY, Utah () — A pregnant moose has reportedly been struck and killed on SR-224, according to a local nonprofit.
According to (SPSW), a Utah-based nonprofit, the cow (female) moose was found on the side of SR-224 — the highway that runs from I-80 at Kimball Junction to Park City, all the way down to the Summit County border near Midway.
'She was dragged out of sight of the road and discarded like trash,' . 'Let's work together to change our optics and improve safety for all road users by implementing evidence-based solutions to the wildlife vehicle collision problem on this roadway.'
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Save People Save Wildlife was started by residents who were 'alarmed by the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions taking place along the gateway to Park City,' their website says. Volunteers work to track how many animals are killed and push for a wildlife crossing over the roadway.
According to numbers compiled by SPSW volunteers, 48 large wildlife were struck and killed on SR-224 in 2024. One coyote, three moose, four elk and 40 deer were counted. SPSW says that this estimate should be multiplied by eight, as experts say 'not all animals die in the location they are struck.'
So far, in 2025, seven large wildlife have been killed by vehicles on the road: five deer and two moose. done for the Utah Department of Transportation and Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) identified the road as the fifth-worst hotspot for animal-vehicle crashes in the state.
ABC4 News has reached out to DWR and SPSW for more information about the cow moose.
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