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California Roadkill Report Names Deadliest Highways, Costs

DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of mountain lions, bears, bighorn sheep, squirrels, birds and lizards have met their fate in collisions with vehicles across California, according to a “roadkill” report that names a San Francisco Bay Area highway …

New Wyoming Law Will Allow People to Take Road kill to Eat

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Thousands of times a year, motorists inadvertently smash into Wyoming wildlife like mule deer, elk and pronghorn antelope, littering highway right-of-ways with carcasses that sometimes include dozens or hundreds of pounds of fresh, lean, edible meat. …

San Francisco Freeway Deadliest Road for Animals

A roadkill researcher identified California’s Interstate 280 as a death trap for wildlife, concluding that crashes between vehicles and animals in the state occur most frequently along the busy stretch from San Jose to San Francisco. Of the 700,000 traffic …