Roadkill! / myLot

Edinburgh, Scotland

October 14, 2020 3:55pm CST

I found this dead badger on a road near my home. There isn't a mark on it but it's obviously been hit by a car. I live in a semi-rural area and roadkill like this is quite common. Badgers are a frequent victim closely followed by pheasants, foxes, deer (the smaller fallow deer not the big red deer) pigeons and the occasional squirrel. I myself have been in two collisions with deer in the past three years or so costing me (or rather my insurance company) many hundreds of pounds in repair costs. It is sad when our modern lifestyle costs other creatures so much.

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Ritik roshan

@Raj7779 (3657)

• Canada

14 Oct 20

In my city we have same problem with deer and dogs.

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Bill McAlpine

@ScotMac (1335)

• Edinburgh, Scotland

14 Oct 20

Not many dogs get killed by cars in my area. I suppose they all know how to keep clear of traffic!

Ritik roshan

@Raj7779 (3657)

• Canada

14 Oct 20

@ScotMac we have so many stray dogs here in india

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Bill McAlpine

@ScotMac (1335)

• Edinburgh, Scotland

14 Oct 20

@Raj7779 I see. Stray dogs are uncommon in Scotland

Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

14 Oct 20

The only badger I've ever seen was roadkill just like the one in your picture. i also hit a deer once but it ran away so I think it was alright. my radiator wasn't though.

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Bill McAlpine

@ScotMac (1335)

• Edinburgh, Scotland

14 Oct 20

They can cause a surprising amount of damage. one of my deer collisions cost over £1000 to fix!

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (183886)

• United States

15 Oct 20

How sad. We normally have raccoons, possum, skunks, squirrels and an occasional deer by the side of the road.

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