The dirty business of counting doe DOAs has gone high-tech, courtesy of a Utah State University team that developed a smartphone application to chart collisions between motor vehicles and animals. Please move the deer-crossing signs "Debbie the Deer Crossing Lady" calls radio deejays about deer crossings located in dangerous areas. See more videos The system could help reduce collisions that cause an estimated 200 human deaths and $8.4 billion in property damage annually nationwide, not to mention a whopping 1 million animal deaths per day, according to Daniel D. Olson, a Utah State wildlife biologist and lead author of a study released Wednesday in the online publication PLOS One. “We...
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