LOL!
Love that!
My local Eastern Spotteds have been all but wiped out by traffic.
They cross in one 100 foot wide spot on top of the mountain every spring and even though it’s not like they dart out into traffic, people just don’t bother to avoid smashing them.
In my younger days, I went up for the event and carried them across.
One night, when I was about 35 or so, a scary guy stopped while I was toting them and I have not been back, since.
I suddenly realized I was alone, miles from anyone else and had only a bucket and flashlight to defend myself.
Too many outlanders coming through, now.
:(
I remember some place building a “turtle bypass” for a highway...
ah... found it... a 3.4 million dollar turtle tunnel
http://www.wcjb.com/local-news/2009/06/34-million-federal-stimulus-money-pay-turtle-tunnel
Couldn’t they put crossing guard there for a brief period?
In a similar vein (and before I was born) my husband was once in a very rural place and there was some idiot firing a shotgun at swallows who were nested under an I-80 overpass. Mr. Megan went to ask the jerk to stop and the jerk aimed the shotgun at Mr. Megan.
The swallows were much safer after that.