Roadkill

Roadkill is any animal that has died on a road because it was hit by a vehicle, for example a deer hit by a car. Vehicles pulled by animals, for example mule carts, did make roadkill, but there was much more roadkill after the invention of the automobile.^[1]

In the United States alone, one to two million large animals are killed as roadkill every year and many more small animals.^[2]

1. ↑ Joseph Stromberg (March 23, 2015). "6 things scientists have learned from studying roadkill". Vox. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
2. ↑ Melissa Gaskill (May 16, 2013). "Rise in Roadkill Requires New Solutions". Scientific American. Retrieved September 16, 2020.