The trade-off between speed and life – protecting the animals around the highway

In recent years, China's high-speed highway construction has been highly developed, and the footprint of expressways has spread throughout the country, and even the sparsely populated places such as Xinjiang and Tibet have highway footprints, and the vast majority of cities and county-level areas in China basically have high-speed stations. The smoothness of roads facilitates economic development, and road construction also facilitates people's transportation and even livelihood through operation. All in all, the rise of highways has greatly improved our lives, facilitated our transportation, and achieved the fastest mutual access in neighboring cities.

However, the construction of the highway network also has some problems, as a person who often drives high speeds, I have witnessed the speed of cars on the highway, and I have witnessed the shocking death of many animals under the fast cars. Even during the same high-speed journey, I saw multiple animals die at high speed. The collision of speed and life, it is clear that speed is "better". As "higher animals", we should assume the responsibility of protecting the equality of life and the safety of other animals.

"Repair the dead sheep", close the highway leaks. In order to achieve drainage, many highways will leave holes in intervals when building highways. This drainage measure just gives naughty little animals an opportunity. The relevant departments should pay attention to this phenomenon, repair many larger leaks, narrow the drainage holes, and dredge several more holes to achieve the purpose of drainage. And the highway guardrail is raised to avoid small animals jumping directly over the guardrail and entering the highway.

Strengthen monitoring and familiarize yourself with the trajectory of life around the highway. Expand the monitoring range around the highway network, you can use heat monitoring, once you find that there is a life trajectory passing, send people to intercept it in time. Timely monitor the animal information around the highway, regularly collect the surrounding animal community, life status, and species information, grasp the surrounding biological data, and prevent problems before they occur.

Do a good job of publicity and attract the attention of people and relevant departments. Animal protection associations should strengthen the attention to animals around the highway, and the relevant departments can build animal rest houses around the highway to shelter and protect the animals around the highway. Relevant organizations can send volunteers in the expressway area to regularly check the surrounding area of the expressway and protect animals that may be life-threatening in a timely manner.

The weight of life is not divided into species. Countless nationally protected animals die every year under high speeds. We need to be highly vigilant and protect animals from their roots. Humans are at the top of the food chain, and when we often have compassion to protect other species, we can survive at the top for a long time. As we develop faster and faster, we also turn back and look at the animals behind us.