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17 cervids killed by traffic every day
Apart from regular hunting, cars and trains represented the greatest threat to cervids in the 2006/07 hunting year. 6 300 were killed by traffic, which corresponds to 17 animals every day. The mortality of cervids decreased by 11 per cent from the previous year.
Registered mortality of cervids apart from regular hunting totalled 8 900 in 2006/07, a decrease of 11 per cent from the previous hunting year. Three out of four animals were killed by traffic. Cars accounted for almost 90 per cent of all game collisions. In total, 5 500 cervids were killed by car and 800 by train.
Most roe deer accidents
Roe deer are particularly vulnerable. A total of 3 461 roe deer were killed by traffic, corresponding to 15 per cent of the number felled during ordinary hunting.
Killed by other reasons
The category “Killed by other reasons” includes animals that have perished, have been killed by predators or for humane reasons etc. In the 2006/07 hunting year, the number of moose in this category was 1 116. The corresponding figure for roe deer was 884, which is 400 less than in the previous hunting year, when a snowy winter resulted in many roe deer perishing.
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