Of death
Highways through our national parks are where the wanderer meets the wild - too often in fatal collisions. Are these roads really necessary?
About 40 animals a night were getting whacked on the 15-kilometre stretch of highway through the Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary here in Chachoengsao. So they closed the road from 9am to 5pm - temporarily.
The trial closure, from March 15 to April 16, saved hundreds of lives. Not a single deer, elephant or pheasant was killed.
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