Tunnels built to cut toad road toll
NZPA-AP London Tunnels are being built under a main road west of London to give thousands of toads a safe passage during their annual journey to ponds where they mate.
The Fauna and Flora Preservation Society said yesterday it was working with a concrete manufacturer to build the tunnels near Henley-on-Thames in a pioneering, £lOOO ($2820) plan to stop the
slaughter of toads by traffic. If the toads use the tunnels, the idea will be copied at other sites in Britain, according to the society, based at London Zoo. The society already coordinates the national “Help a toad across the road” campaign, which erects warning signs at nearly 200 sites across Britain where toads migrate to breeding grounds.
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Press, 23 February 1987, Page 10
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