Some flights were briefly put on hold at the Regina International Airport Friday after a moose wandered onto the airfield.
It happened sometime after 6 a.m. CST at the airport just west of the city.
Air travellers waited on the runway while workers chased the moose away.
The moose was later spotted several blocks away on the 2100 block of Cameron St.
CBC reporter David Common was among those waiting to depart while the moose ran around, as he explained on Twitter.
"There is a moose on the runway at YQR delaying departures," Common said in a tweet. "Airport vehicles chasing it."
Shortly after, the moose was off the field and flights resumed.
It's the latest in a series of urban moose incidents this spring. Conservation officers in Regina and Saskatoon were called last weekend after moose wandered into the province's two largest cities.
The province says there's been a big increase in the moose population in recent years, particularly in southern Saskatchewan. This year, it's giving out more licences to hunt moose.
It happened sometime after 6 a.m. CST at the airport just west of the city.
Air travellers waited on the runway while workers chased the moose away.
The moose was later spotted several blocks away on the 2100 block of Cameron St.
CBC reporter David Common was among those waiting to depart while the moose ran around, as he explained on Twitter.
"There is a moose on the runway at YQR delaying departures," Common said in a tweet. "Airport vehicles chasing it."
Shortly after, the moose was off the field and flights resumed.
It's the latest in a series of urban moose incidents this spring. Conservation officers in Regina and Saskatoon were called last weekend after moose wandered into the province's two largest cities.
The province says there's been a big increase in the moose population in recent years, particularly in southern Saskatchewan. This year, it's giving out more licences to hunt moose.
