How were the roadkill statistics that are often quoted – up to 10,000 animals per year— gathered?
A. The common knowledge that there are massive levels of roadkill along the Causeway annually is substantiated by studies by respected scientists, Jeff Robinson and Paul Ashley, of the Canadian Wildlife Services over the past 30 years. A copy of their study is available on this website. Over 90 per cent of the animals killed on the road are frogs, which have much higher populations than the turtles and snakes that inhabit the Long Point area. Some of these turtles and snakes as designated as Species at Risk, meaning that their populations have become so low that they might become extirpated (no longer exist) in this area.
