Wildlife exits along a busy roadway are saving native animals from death by car.
There are fewer than 100 wild ocelots left in Texas, and it’s no wonder: their habitats have been broken up by highways and other human infrastructure. Conservationists in the state set up gated areas along the busy State Highway 100 in hopes of protecting these special cats, and images from camera traps now reveal the broad range of creatures taking advantage of the safe passing.
Though hunting endangered animals is no longer allowed, habitat loss and car collisions have become major threats for these cats. “The consequences of a lack of landscape connectivity in south Texas have led to decreases in ocelot population size, a loss of genetic diversity via inbreeding and an increase in road mortalities,” the study authors wrote.
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