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Cars and trains kill most cervids
Beyond ordinary hunting, cars and train continue to represent the greatest threat to cervids. During the hunting year 2005/06, a total of 6, 500 cervids were killed by car or train.
Most car accidents
The ratio between cars and trains shows that cars account for 85 per cent of all game collisions. Totally, 5, 500 animals were hit by car and 930 by train. Roe deer are particularly vulnerable. A total of 3, 900 roe deer were killed in traffic during the hunting year 2005/06, corresponding to 13 per cent of the number felled during ordinary hunting. The number of moose killed in traffic corresponds to 5 per cent of the number felled during ordinary hunting.
Other reasons
The category “other reasons” covers animals that have perished, have been killed by predators, are killed for humane reasons etc. For the hunting year 2005/06, the registered reductions by this reasons were 1 174 moose, 1, 285 roe deer, 434 red deer and 325 wild reindeer. More snow than usual lead to twice as many roe deer perishing than in a normal year.
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