Fw: [NatureNS] Raccoon roadkill

From: "Roland McCormick" <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Back when I taught Driver Education we used to have a report on the =
number of deer killed by cars on the road - a surprisingly high number =
killed.
I think we would have a surprisingly large number of raccoons killed. I =
don't seem to see as many porcupines killed as we used to - maybe =
because I drive a lot less.

Roland.
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From: Brian Bartlett=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 3:57 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Raccoon roadkill


In the past week, I've seen what seems a more than usual number of dead =
raccoons on highways: two plump, healthy adult raccoons on the road from =
Halifax to Lawrencetown, then two more today in the short stretch from =
Halifax to Bedford. Has anyone else observed a noticeable increase in =
raccoon roadkill? Or maybe I'm not enough of a highway driver to =
recongize those numbers as nothing unusual? And does any one know if the =
Dept, of Natural Resources -- or some other institution -- does counts =
to monitor roadkill "populations" from year to year?
Brian
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Back when I taught Driver Education we =
used to have=20
a report on the number of deer killed by cars on the road - a =
surprisingly high=20
number killed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think we would have a surprisingly =
large number=20
of raccoons killed. I don't seem to see as many porcupines killed as we =
used to=20
- maybe because I drive a lot less.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roland.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 23, 2008 3:57 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Raccoon roadkill</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In the past week, I've seen what seems =
a more than=20
usual number of dead raccoons on highways: two plump, healthy adult =
raccoons on=20
the road from Halifax to Lawrencetown, then two more today in the short =
stretch=20
from Halifax to Bedford. Has anyone else observed a noticeable increase =
in=20
raccoon roadkill? Or maybe I'm not enough of a highway driver to =
recongize those=20
numbers as nothing unusual?&nbsp;And does any one know if the Dept, of =
Natural=20
Resources -- or some other institution -- does counts to monitor =
roadkill=20
"populations" from year to year?</FONT></DIV>
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