隨巴西塞拉多的農業發展,更多的大食蟻獸被貨櫃車撞死,於2017年一月至2019年十二月的三年期間,約有725隻大食蟻獸被路殺。當地的大食蟻獸已受棲息地破壞、狗隻攻擊、病毒感染等所威脅,路殺令牠們面臨更大的危機。
With the agricultural development in Cerrado, Brazil, the number of deaths by automobile collisions is growing as well. From January 2017 to December 2019, around 725 giant anteaters were killed by automobile collisions in that three years of time. Giant anteaters are already threatened by habitat loss, attacks from dogs, diseases, etc., and road death is putting them in greater risk.
Study investigates impact of road deaths on giant anteater population in Cerrado