{"id":492,"date":"2026-05-18T13:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=492"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:33:19","slug":"over-7500-animals-were-killed-in-2025-on-colorado-highways-heres-a-glimpse-at-what-wildlife-is-being-hit-and-where","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"Over 7,500 animals were killed in 2025 on Colorado highways: Here\u2019s a glimpse at what wildlife is being hit and where"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>At least 7,770 animals were killed last year on Colorado\u2019s roads, the vast majority occurring on the Western Slope.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=490\">Today in History: May 18, only 1 survives Boeing 737 crash near Havana airport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is according to 2025 roadkill data from the Colorado Department of Transportation. The agency relies on reports from its road maintenance crews and roadkill app as well as an app from Colorado Parks and Wildlife to gather quarterly and annual reports for the state.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Martinez, the transportation department\u2019s wildlife specialist, wrote in a note announcing the data that while the \u201cinformation is vital for CDOT, CPW and our partners as we work to reduce (wildlife-vehicle collisions) and make the roadways safe for humans and wildlife,\u201d it comes with several caveats.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=488\">An Estes Park getaway can be about more than just the outdoors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Primarily, because the data is collected opportunistically, the numbers are considered to be underreported and can have inequalities regarding where reports are made. As such, the state transportation department warns that the data is not for analysis, but for information \u2014 giving a general idea of which animals are being struck and where.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more at summitdaily.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=486\">Searching for modern cowboys: Every gallery and museum wants to revisit the old West these days<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 7,770 animals were killed last year on Colorado\u2019s roads, the vast majority occurring on the Western Slope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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