In recent years, special wildlife reflectors have been installed at various places along provincial roads.
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With the introduction of summer time next weekend, it is always good for motorists in the woods to be extra alert for crossing game, but recently especially in the Veluwe, because of the sharply increased population of deer. ,,Drive a little slower, is our motto.”
That warning is issued by the Royal Dutch Hunters Association. “We have seen a strong increase in the number of wildlife collisions in recent years,” says spokesman Dorien van Dijk. “This is mainly because a lot of deer have been added. In the 1980s, the Netherlands counted a total of about 5,000, now it is estimated at 120,000.