By Larry Halverson/Friends of Kootenay

“Collisions between wildlife and vehicles kill animals, damage vehicles and, occasionally, result in human injury or death. In recent years an annual average of 50 large animals have been killed in Kootenay (National Park). This statistic does not include those dying out of view from the highway or removed by scavengers before Parks Canada staff can record them. It also excludes hundreds of small mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles killed each year but rarely reported, and the eight to 10 bighorn sheep dying annually in collisions just outside the park.”

Read how Parks Canada is Helping Wildlife Cross the Road

Building wildlife crossing structures near on Highway 93 near Dolly Varden picnic site by Larry Halverson

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