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Save Wild Horses With Wildlife Corridors!

Save Wild Horses With Wildlife Corridors!

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Historically, wildlife corridors in western states have focused on protecting the traditional migration corridors of Rocky Mountain elk, mule deer, pronghorn antelope, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, and moose, but other animals need them too. With the ever-expanding human population and the resulting encroachment of human population centers into wild horse and burro territories, many equines are hit and killed on highways every year. It's tragic, yet totally avoidable. Now is the time to provide safe passage for these and all other animals.

Wild horses travel many miles every day going to and from their water sources and seasonally to their historic winter and summer ranges. Their migration travel patterns are well established in their instinctive memory. When roads cut through wild horse and burro territory, vehicle collisions with horses are all but guaranteed to happen.

Typical forms of wildlife corridors are sodded overpasses, underpasses, and culverts that allow wildlife to move safely across major roadways. In addition to saving wildlife, they also safeguard human life. Wildlife-vehicle crashes result in hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, human injury, and human deaths every year.

Wild horse advocacy groups have long pleaded with both the Bureau of Land Management and local transportation departments for fencing and corridors. Recently, because the agencies continue to "pass the buck," advocates have worked with sponsors to raise money for these projects. However, government agents must accept responsibility even if they erroneously believe the safety of the animals is not essential. They must also consider the safety of the driving public and take action. Transportation and government agencies should work together to build fencing and wildlife corridors where warranted, especially in wild horse and burro areas.

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