ANIMAL COLLISIONS
August 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLWESTERN European countries - including Britain - are facing an increasing risk of vehicles colliding with large wild animals, two independent European studies have suggested. Researchers from the UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, and Madrid University concluded more animals are straying onto roads, because habitat loss forces them to migrate for food and mates. Roe deer, red deer, wild boar, foxes, badgers, hares and wild cats can all damage cars and humans. The researchers propose using lateral banks, fences, guard-rails and ...
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