A mule deer buck forages for food as the sun rises near Dog Pound, north of Calgary, on January 13, 2024.
Provincial data suggests Alberta's roadkill numbers are soaring, with snakes hit particularly hard last year.A mule deer buck forages for food as the sun rises near Dog Pound, north of Calgary. Deer are the most commonly killed animal on Alberta's roads, the data suggests. Provincial data suggests Alberta's roadkill numbers are soaring, with snakes hit particularly hard last year.
Deer are the most commonly killed animal on Alberta's roads, the data suggests, as more than 4,250 have been reported killed in each of the last three years. Co-ordinates included in the database point to hundreds of snakes being killed in Elk Island National Park, 45 kilometres east of Edmonton. "From my point of view, this is less of a wildlife issue ," Zimmerling said of the data. "It is much more of a 'What data can we collect to help us reduce the impact on human life and damage to vehicles' sort of thing, because that is a really important thing and can have obviously tragic impacts."
Both Zimmerling and Gienow said while on the surface it appears roadkill cases are increasing in Alberta, it's possible that the government's data isn't telling the full story as many collisions could go unreported or untracked every year.
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