A moose conspiracy

We are driving through some seriously remote roadways - some of which have no fences to keep wildlife off the road.  In fact, we have seen many, many signs with a picture of a moose or deer indicating that they may be "crossing" for the next few kilometers (those crazy canadiens - they have to make everything difficult - distance, money, gas prices).  Anyway, at first we took the signs seriously and scanned the roadsides for signs of these elusive animals.  I mean even the large semi trucks had "cow catchers" on the fronts  so there must be something to these moose sightings.  Every time we drove through a rather marshy area, or where there was a small lake with a clearing, we looked.  And we looked.  Another "crossing" sign - still no moose.  In fact, the whole way on our trip we expected to see buffalo (none, except on a buffalo farm near Head-bashed-in (see previous post)), deer, elk (yes they have signs with BIG horns on a deer-type body) and of course moose.  Nothing.  The moose obviously can't read.  If they did, they would know where to cross to make the most impact on tourists.  I now believe that it is a conspiracy formed by the tourism board - make everybody drive through Canada thinking they are going to see moose running wild which will be a big boost for tourism (hotels, restaurants).  There really AREN'T moose in Canada except on the shot glass I bought that says "Canadian Rockies".  In ending, let me say that the one sign they didn't have was "bear crossing", and, of course, what did we see?  Yes, a bear.