Since a pandemic related restrictions
were lifted, there has been a huge influx
of motorists on Australian roads. this
has led to a rise in Wildlife accidents,
our next report looks at how Wildlife
Rescuers now have to deal with more
injured or often animals take a look.
at first glance worm bat , Joey’s Leela
and Louis , look like they don’t have a
care in the world. happy to check their
surroundings eat and play but their life
story is not all that Rosy.
they both lost their mums in car
accidents and were rescued by members of
the public, who stopped and saw mum lying
in the road.
every year an estimated 10 million wild
animals are hit and killed by Motor
Vehicles in Australia. the danger of
collisions can sometimes double during
the holiday season. during the end of the
year break, the activists noticed more
than 10 car hits per month, instead of
the usual five and since the end of
covid-19 travel restrictions more
motorists have hit the roads , driving up
wildlife-related accidents. I think
people are just always compassioned they
have a schedule to adhere to they need
to get to the coast, at a certain time or
they check in time as eggs , and they just
want to get there.
in order to bring more awareness about
the dangers faced by wild animals on
roads . the wombat Rescue founder has come
up with a simple Road Safety plan.
we just want motorists to read the
messages and maybe have a quick think
about it , you can drive a little bit
slower , you can drive to conditions
meanwhile ecologist Gavin Smith who
deals with a different type of wild
animal than wombats has the same message.
and unfortunately as they’re kind of
searching for foods and moving on the
Range looking for female snakes to breed
with , they do come into contact a lot
unfortunately with lawnmowers bicycles,
cars.
Smith has been relocating snakes all
around Canberra for three years , and he
says his workload has increased
significantly in the past 12 months.
trying to avoid more roadkills whatever
the species might.
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