NOVEMBER 26, 2021 BY MERRITT CLIFTON

$350 million for animal crossings, but zip for roadkill avoidance education

U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and HSUS founding board member Delos Culver in 1954.
(HSUS photo)

Win for HSUS is a gain, yet not the most cost-effective way to save animal & human lives on highways

WASHINGTON D.C.––The first official U.S. national commitment to preventing roadkills of wildlife appears to have been buried deep within the $1.3 trillion Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act signed into law U.S. President Joe Biden on November 15, 2021.

Humane Society Legislative Fund president Sara Amundson, for one, was quick to acclaim what she termed “an historic allocation of$350 million for grants to mitigate human-wildlife conflict and vehicle collisionsthrough enhanced animal-friendly infrastructure at overpasses and underpasses across the U.S.”

Humane Society of the U.S. president Kitty Block & Humane Society Legislative Fund president Sara Amundson.
(Beth Clifton collage)

“The…