Oh Deer! How Likely You Are to Hit A Deer Depends on the State You Live In

Perhaps training deer to use crosswalks could help?

Live in West Virginia? Then you have a greater chance of hitting a deer than drivers in other states.

KCRA News reports that the odds for such an accident in WV are an estimated 1 of 41 drivers, according to a report from State Farm Insurance.

Hawaiians, on the other hand, have the lowest risk in the U.S. of colliding with a deer with 1 in 10,281 chance.

Surprisingly, Washington ranks 41, with a 1 in 372 likelihood of hitting a deer. Oregon is 37 and Idaho 28. Nationally, the odds of a driver hitting a deer are 1 in 169.

Nationally, 191 people were killed in 2013 (the most recent year with available data) as a result of collisions with animals, according to the Insurance Information Institute and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Deer were the most common animal to be struck.
These accidents tend to happen most frequently at dusk and dawn and in the fall. November is the month that drivers in Ohio are mostly likely to hit a deer, followed by October and December.

Cats Take Over London Subway Station

The Clapham Common subway station in London is overrun with cats. They are everywhere- staring at you from giant posters on the wall and from stick-ons on turnstiles.

According to CNN, the cats are part of a crowdfunded campaign to replace all ads. The campaign raised more than $26,000 to make 68 ads at the station disappear. Their replacement are photos of stray cats from two area rescue groups.

The idea came from a group called Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (or CATS). Instead of asking you to buy something, CATS wants you to think about what's really valuable.

Work Starts On I90 Wildlife Overpass

Geese using the Gold Creek wildlife underpass

The project to improve Snoqualmie Pass has already included building four underpasses to let The Yakima Herald says crews broke ground yesterday on the state's first freeway overpass for animals.
animals get from one side of the freeway to another. Soon, wildlife will have another option.

The 150-foot-long structure is expected to carry black bear, cougar, deer, elk, squirrels, mice and lizards. When finished, the section of I-90 from Hyak to Easton will have more than 20 underpasses and overpasses engineered for wildlife. Dozens of small culverts will also be rebuilt to allow easier passage.

Wildlife cameras are already recording deer, ducks, coyotes and river otters using the four existing wildlife underpasses.

From an engineering standpoint, it wasn't that tricky to lengthen bridges to create expansive undercrossings and enable streams and wetlands to meander naturally, according to project engineers.

For instance, the old bridge at Gold Creek, near milepost 55, was only 150 feet long and surrounded by embankments that animals couldn't navigate. The new version, finished last year, includes a 1,100-foot span that allows the creek to flow freely underneath and provide upstream passage for fish, like bull trout. The expansive opening also preserves wetlands and opens up a natural flood plain for Keechelus Lake. A separate undercrossing provides year-round passage for land animals, even when the lake is high.