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The planted bridges that keep animals off roads

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To stop local fauna from becoming hood ornaments, we literally build them their own private highways. Massive overpasses are erected over busy roads and heavily planted with trees and bushes, politely requesting that roaming beasts use the crosswalk instead of sprinting into traffic.

The planted bridges that keep animals off roads
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