Australia's highways are dominated by trucks, roadtrains, coaches and tourists.
(Stuart Highway, South Australia, Australia)
This results in the unnecessary deaths of thousands of animals across the country.
(Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
A tourist van drives past another roadkill victim on Australia's outback highways.
(Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
Signs like this are meant to deter people from speeding on unfenced roads where cattle wander in search of water and shade in a harsh environment.
(Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
There are many victims of human traffic, such as this huge wedgetail eagle.
(Barrier Highway, New South Wales, Australia)
Wedgetail eagles get hit by passing trucks while feeding on other roadkill victims.
(Barrier Highway, New South Wales, Australia)
The smaller roadkill animals attract starving cats that people have dumped in the bush.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
People who speed do not discriminate against what animal they will hit.
(Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
Cows are large animals and sometimes the people who hit them die as well.
(Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
Birds of prey such as hawks are common victims on outback roads.
(Gibb River Road, Western Australia, Australia)
The pathetic sight of this bird eating dust is a shameful waste of a life.
(Gibb River Road, Western Australia, Australia)
Roadtrains serve a double purpose of killing cows and killing wildlife. This will occur so long as the demand for eating corpse in Australia'a cities remains a priority.
(Stuart Highway, South Australia, Australia)
Foxes are roadside scavangers in Australia, so they will also be hit.
(Barrier Highway, New South Wales, Australia)
The highways of outback New South Wales are littered with the dead.
(Barrier Highway, New South Wales, Australia)
A Rainbow Bee-eater meets a grisly end in Australia's north west.
(Geike Gorge, Western Australia, Australia)
National Parks are full of dead wildlife that have been hit by speeding tourists.
(Geike Gorge, Western Australia, Australia)
Dead cows are a common sight along most outback Australian highways.
(Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
The stench of rotting corpse can be evidenced as people drive past them.
(Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
Animals have little chance to escape the impact of a speeding truck.
(Stuart Highway, South Australia, Australia)
Cows are hit at dusk or night when they cross the roads to search for water or dams.
(Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
This hawk was killed on the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
Birds, lizards, snakes, frogs and rodents are common victims. If not killed instantly they will be left to slowly die. They may also be hit by other cars as they die.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
A tourist drives past a dead cow on the way to Broome in Western Australia.
(Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
This twisted up cow would have been hit by a truck or roadtrain at night.
(Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
A dead possum lies motionless and glassy-eyed on a highway outside Hobart.
(The Huon Highway, Tasmania, Australia)
A suprising amount of wildlife is killed on Tasmania's roads by speeding cars.
(The Huon Highway, Tasmania, Australia)
Emus often fall victims when caught between fences or during droughts.
(Boulia, Queensland, Australia)
These signs are ignored by trucks and coaches on night schedules.
(Stuart Highway, South Australia, Australia)
There is no chance for an animal when met with this at 120 km per hour.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
While photographing I met Don and his canine companion Bruce.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
Don works for a company that cleans roadkill (traffic hazard) off the highways.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
The company is subcontracted by the Dept of Transport and Works.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
Don said, "There's some real nice looking animals along this stretch of road."
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
"It's a shame to see them like that."
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
Smaller animals like kangaroos can be dragged underneath these roadtrains.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
Who will to teach these people to slow down, stop for injured animals, to drive carefully at dawn and dusk and to avoid driving on outback highways at night?
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
So that animals who live here are not killed one after the other
(Victoria Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
and so that our roads and highways are not littered by the dead.
(Victoria Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
The inland highways of Auatralia have become an open air cemetery.
(Gibb River Road, Western Australia, Australia)
Overseas visitors are always shocked when they discover the real Australia.
(Barrier Highway, New South Wales, Australia)
There is more wildlife dead than can be seen alive.
(Barrier Highway, New South Wales, Australia)
In a country whose natural habitat has already been denuded by the cattle and sheep industry, we are wiping out the remaining animals with our motor vehicles.
(Barrier Highway, New South Wales, Australia)
Inland Australia is nothing like what is promoted on the tourist industry.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
This goanna was most likely hit by a speeding car during the day.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
Many fatalities of animals (including human) are caused by speeding, fatigue or falling asleep at the wheel over long distances, driving after dark and careless driving.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
These innocent victims of human traffic are denied the most basic consideration.
(Stuart Highway, South Australia, Australia)
They stare up at us from the sides of the roads and highways.
(Stuart Highway, South Australia, Australia)
This wild pig was hit close to town and left to rot on the roadside.
(Boulia, Queensland, Australia)
We are born into an animal killing and animal hating culture in Australia.
(Stuart Highway, South Australia, Australia)
We are responsible for the deaths of introduced and native animals every day and every night, both on our dinner plates and along our highways.
(Stuart Highway, South Australia, Australia)
We leave their bodies to rot in the sun. The animals who feed off them die as well.
(Barrier Highway, New South Wales, Australia)
These animals were once individuals with families, and friends and lives like us.
(Barrier Highway, New South Wales, Australia)
A quoll was left to die in agony on one of Tasmania's main highways.
(The Huon Highway, Tasmania, Australia)
There is no reason to speed around this island and kill the remaining wildlife.
(The Huon Highway, Tasmania, Australia)
All animals are sacred. Native or introduced. Australia is their home too.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
A snake hit during the day got tangled up beneath a vehicle.
(Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
It is easy to avoid a snake or another animal when driving at the correct speed.
(Stuart Highway, South Australia, Australia)
Remember these animals, they value their lives as much as you do.
(Victoria Highway, Western Australia, Australia)
They once lived here. Through their deaths we create a country of corpses and ghosts.
(Victoria Highway, Western Australia, Australia
You can help. Do not speed. Drive slowly at dawn and dusk when animals are most active. Many native animals are nocturnal. Do not drive or catch coaches or trains at night. They will kill many animals. Do a wildlife and animal rescue course. Always stop for an injured or lost animal. Stop and check the pouches of kangaroos for baby joeys. We can all help animals as users of Australia's roads and highways.
(Stuart Highway, South Australia, Australia)
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