While eating the meat helps avoid waste, it doesn't address the wider ecological impact of animals killed on the road. In a UK study of 150 mammal populations from 69 different species around the world, researchers found that being hit by a moving vehicle...
We're living in the middle of the sixth mass extinction event in our planet's history, and roadkill is truly one of the major reasons for that," said Ben Goldfarb, environmental journalist and author of a book on the effect of roads on plants and animals. In the United States, more than 1 million animals are estimated to be killed by vehicles every single day.
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