Road Crossings for Safe Animal Passage
Roads built by humans often divide animal habitats; animals must cross the road and dodge traffic to get to the land & resources on the other side - this leads to millions of animal deaths each year.
Underpasses have been constructed which allow animals a "subway" under the road. For example, a pilot project, carried out by the Florida Dept. of Transportation, built underpasses for black bears. Their research shows that all sorts of animals were photographed using the safe-passage under the road.
This is a simple thing that we can do to help animals traverse our roads safely; animal underpasses can successfully reduce numbers of "road-kill."
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Information Resources on the Web:
Articles:
Dracker, P. 1996. How Did the Bear Cross the Road? Getting to the other side isn't so easy anymore. APSCA Animal Watch. Summer 1996.
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