Sámi call to protect reindeer in Sweden after 10,000 road deaths in five years
by Miranda Bryant in Stockholm from Environment | The Guardian on (#6G7XY)
Indigenous people's parliament says action required including lower speed limits and more fences
Sweden's Sami parliament is calling for more protection for reindeer after more than 10,000 were killed by motorists in the last five years, turning roadsides into animal graveyards".
According to police, between October 2018 and October 2023 there were more than 10,000 road accidents in northern Sweden involving at least one reindeer, meaning the number killed is likely to be far higher.
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