Animal deaths on UK roads fell sharply during covid-19 lockdowns

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The coronavirus lockdowns presented a uncommon earthy experimentation to spot what happens to wildlife collisions erstwhile the postulation declines drastically

By Joshua Rapp Learn

Animals benefitted from the driblet successful vehicles during lockdowns

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The fig of animals killed successful postulation collisions fell dramatically during covid-19 lockdowns successful the UK, according to information from a national subject project.

Such accidents are a immense occupation successful the UK, causing decease oregon wounded to animals and drivers. Sarah Perkins astatine Cardiff University successful the UK and her colleagues person kept a database of roadkill reports successful the UK since 2013. The nationalist tin taxable observations done societal media, the Road Lab website oregon the Project Splatter app.

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