Swiss wildlife given priority over traffic

[Philip Veerman <>]

Wow that is a horrible case study of a misguided attempt to do the same, resulting in killing 2 people.......... How did you find that so quickly? And sad to see what people have written under the story......... The advice should always be to not create extreme risk and look ahead for the unpredictable.

 

From: Nathanael Coyne [
Sent: Wednesday, 10 June 2015 1:38 PM
To: Philip Veerman
Cc: Maconachie, Michael; Nick Payne; Canberra Birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Swiss wildlife given priority over traffic

 

For example:

 

http://gawker.com/woman-who-helped-ducks-on-side-of-the-road-could-face-l-1594193628

 

 

Nathanael Coyne (Boehm)

www.purecaffeine.com

Canberra, Australia
0431 698 580

 

On 10 June 2015 at 13:35, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

Well of course this is not just cute altruism to ducks but clearing a likely risk to safety of human traffic. As drivers can make mistakes being distracted by or avoiding animals.........

Philip

-----Original Message-----
From: Maconachie, Michael [
Sent: Wednesday, 10 June 2015 8:00 AM
To: Nick Payne; Canberra Birds
Subject: Swiss wildlife given priority over traffic

I have had to get the police to block the Tugg Parkway so I could rescue a Wood Duck and her ducklings trapped against the central concrete barrier - one of the police officer even assisted in grabbing the ducklings. The police turned up pretty quickly after the call - a second car even turned just as we had finished.


Michael Maconachie
Senior Ranger
Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve
ACT Parks and Conservation Service
TAMS Directorate

www.jerrabomberrawetlands.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Payne [
Sent: Tuesday, 9 June 2015 5:53 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: Swiss wildlife given priority over traffic

Swiss police block the main motorway between Bern and Lucerne for about five minutes to allow a family of ducklings to cross the road. You can see them just in front of the Audi in the centre lane.

The original article (in German) is here:
http://www.srf.ch/news/regional/basel-baselland/entenfamilie-legt-autobahn-bei-basel-lahm.

Nick