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How are roads harming animals?
Animals are being struck and injured or even killed by cars.
Give one reason animals big and small are crossing roads.
They are in search for food, mates, or a new place to live.
Between July 2019 and June 2020 about how many accidents happened between animals and vehicles?
2 million
What is a wildlife corridor?
They are pathways built under or over busy roads to enable animals to cross safely.
How many animal corridors exist in the US?
1,000 and more are in the plans
According to the article, name one animal that has been injured or killed by vehicles in Washington State.
bobcats, black bears, coyotes, and elk
In order for them to blend in what do people do to the corridors to help animals accept them as their habitat?
They plant grass and other vegetation on them, so they blend in.
Wild animals benefit from animal corridors, and name another group that benefits too
humans
Thanks to animal crossings, by what percent has there been a drop in deadly crashes?
90 percent
According to the magazine, name an animal from Florida that has been injured because of highways
alligators and panthers
Define ecosystem
All the living and nonliving things that interact in one place
Define coexist
to live in the same place at the same time
Define migrate
move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons.
How do scientist see what animals are using the corridors?
They have cameras set up.
What state donated the land now known as Washington D.C.?
Maryland
Why did the founding fathers NOT want Washington D.C. to be located within a state?
They thought that one state would have too much power.
