Hi everyone Barbara wrote:
> here in Central Western NSW > we need all the night lights possible to avoid car accidents with > kangaroos. I can sympathize, as we have a lot of deer, and potential for car accidents with them dashing in front of cars on the highway - I think 'roos travel more quickly than deer though, and you would worry a lot about hitting one, and who would come out the worse, the car or the kangaroo?! We put 'deer whistles' on our car. They are small plastic devices that whistle at a high pitch as the vehicle is at 40 kmph or faster - they do work as I seldom see animals on the road any more, while going along the highway home - I do see them 'leaving' - even little animals such as cats or dogs, and once the tail end of an awesomely big cougar. Elk (v. v. big ungulate), I don't know if the high pitch would deter them. On the part of Vancouver Island that is elk habitat and interrupted by highway, there are special fences built to keep animals and vehicles at safe distance. But elk don't bounce like kangaroos. I was just wondering if they (roos) would yield to a high pitched whistle such as the deer whistle. bye for now Bev (wondering) in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) The forest fire situation has become scary in interior BC :( To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
