Saw something about this recently as well as the direct harm to wildlife that is caused by paving roads that were once gravel which allows for drivers to go much faster and ultimately results in more vehicle strikes either maiming or killing wildlife that used to be able to safely cross
Sounds like this can easily be solved by installing lights/alarms along the track that are triggered by the train’s approach. If the bears are too drunk to get out of the way when the train gets there the options are either to A) slow the trains down and put the operators on bear watch duty or B) give the bears more time to move and make enough noise/light to kick that movement into high gear
I’m sure there’s heaps of easy solutions, just no incentive sadly. There’s dangerous intersections in my city that have gotten too many people killed and nothing has been done about them for years.
My neighbors used to have a crabapple tree in front of their house; the number of drunken deer I’ve seen has been both hilarious and extensive. Sidebar excluded, bear will still cross the tracks and so the issue is better addressed at the train level. I hate the idea of fences, so I’d opt for sound and visual deterrents
Oh, I'm very aware of animals getting drunk on fallen apples. That's what I assumed this story would be. It's not, though. It's about bears getting drunk on grain that has fallen off of trains to ferment. So it's an entirely different issue.
I was wondering about this but its in an area away from my house and I thought maybe it happened every year but I had not walked down the proper blocks for the proper week or something but it was insane hearing it all drop on the house roofs and such. The sidewalked was littered with them and at least initially the squirrels could not keep up.
A prehistoric New Zealand bird thought to be extinct in 1898 (but found again in the middle of the 20th century) is doing its best to avoid going the way of the dodo — with lobbying from some tribal leaders who value the bird’s presence. 1he Guardian recently reported on the return of the Takahē, a large, flightless bird that thrives in grasslands. They are colorful creatures, standing at a little over 1.5 feet tall, with a unique song.
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