Beaver Press | 1925-05-08 | Page 2 | Death Toll of the Motor Car Exceedingly Heavy on Bird and Beast

death toll of the motor car exceedingly heavy on bird and beast beas by DAYTON STONER iowa university jn in this count only freshly killed carcasses of vertebrate animals lying in or immediately at the side of tile highway were taken into consides consideration aaion in gel general leral the grea greatest iest number of ef casualties were encountered on the good stretches of road by way of illustrating this point it may be e noted that on the return journey between the laboratory and marshalltown Marshall town lown iowa a distance of miles all well graveled dead ani animals nials representing 15 species were counted of these 39 were redheaded red headed woodpeckers it will be sufficient to point out that on a summer motor trip of miles over lowa iowa roads 29 species of our native and introduced vertebrate an animal finals representing a total of individuals were nvere found dead as a of being enis crushed lied by passing automobile and that this agency demands recognition as ono one ot of the important chocks upon the natural increase of many forms of life assuming that these conditions prevail over the thousands of miles of improved highways in this state and throughout the lie united states tile the death toll of the motorcar becomes still more appalling