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Show Motorists Warned To Watch Out for Wildlife on Roads Springtime is a period of increased in-creased activity for all forms of life and especially so for wild life. For the creatures of the wild it is a time for more moving about, for renewal of life by mating, nesting and giving birth to the wildlife of tomorrow. It is the season when game birds and animals are so often seen as they pause along or hurry to cross the highways. For the motorist it should be a time of extra caution, especially especial-ly when travelling through the rural or mountain areas. Pheasants Pheas-ants and other small game are really vulnerable to speeding , automobiles during these active days and thousands are killed on the highways each spring. The same is true of deer and other big game as they graze at night along the roads or cross them during this period of migration mi-gration to other ranges. Records show that more deer were killed by cars on Utah highways last year than were harvested by hunters 50. years ago. This tragic loss of wildlife is compounded by the human injury in-jury and property costs which so often attend such accidents. Thus the admonition wherever you may drive during the warming warm-ing months ahead, please slow down a bit give wildlife and yourself a brake. |